I will accept your conferral of knighthood, but only because it implies nobility on your part.

Some people rely on coffee or exercise to get them going first thing in the morning; for me, it has become kind words from you. No matter how undeserved, your praise always lifts my spirits.

Haha my inspiration? I, of course, have deeper sources of emotional inspiration similar to the one J. K. Rowling wittily described, but the immediate inspiration for this piece was a love affair in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina.

Thank you as always for your enthusiastic support, Mahesh!