There's an entry point to any relationship.
The world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through.
opened the door a crack wide enough for the entire world to pass through .
You were her way here, and it's a dangerous thing to be a door.
But whatever the ramifications, whatever turns the path takes, the beginning is always there, in a particular moment, a particular point of access.
She had only to open a door, nothing but a door between the words,just large enough for her and Farid to pass through.
Comedy can reach many more people than, say, a serious lecture on the topic. And comedy might just be the access point to reach people who want to be entertained and also learn something.
The truth is that an intellectual life is available to almost anyone, almost anywhere, if they work hard enough and are given some kind of access point.