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They're putting you on the spot, taking stabs
in the dark,
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blinded by their big emotions -
What do their big
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emotions have to do with tiny sparks, realizations,
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intuition, or anything in outside physical
reality?
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"Well, it sounds like a noble cause."
—It's inconceivable.
—The only people who aren't shits
like everyone else are Hitler, Napoleon, and Genghis Khan.
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"What you said really frightened
me."
—Really dark.
—What can I do to make you feel less
frightened?
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"I'm mad at
you! ... Why don't you get a
boyfriend?"
—Nothing complicated.
—Will the sun come up? ... It
has nothing to do with you.
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"Because I said
so!"
—It's magic.
—Can you prove you were ever a child?
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People who attack you are almost never
original -
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They're unconsciously repeating lines that
are bigger
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than us, things they heard as a child -
So we look for
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a solution that's bigger than us, too! -
At first it feels
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awkward, like rehearsing for a play -
Then your emotions
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catch up - This time they're the emotions
of an adult.
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"Leave me alone!"
—At least.
—All winter if you want.
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"Gosh – You look awful!"
—It's criminal.
—It's YOU! – You sneak
up.
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"Why are you laughing,
Claire? ... Get out!"
—God forbid!
—It never stops ... Too cool
for school.
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"Will you quit staring
at me, please?"
—Too dangerous.
—It's a sin.
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