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Three Women
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some women, like her mother and her sisters, truly care for another woman only when that woman is in pain, especially in a kind of pain that they have already felt, and then overcome.
“Sometimes you make it sound like I'm a snake-oil salesman."
I grab his arm. "That's not what I meant at all."
"Then what do you mean?" he asks.
"I mean that you're nice," I say.
He laughs. "This again."
"I mean," I say, more fervently, "you're probably the only person I've ever met who's genuinely curious about everyone he meets. And makes them feel interesting and welcome, and like–like they should be confident in what they do. You make them feel like growing corn or making cherry salsa or recommending books is a superpower."
"If you're good at those things," he says, "It is.”
― Funny Story
I grab his arm. "That's not what I meant at all."
"Then what do you mean?" he asks.
"I mean that you're nice," I say.
He laughs. "This again."
"I mean," I say, more fervently, "you're probably the only person I've ever met who's genuinely curious about everyone he meets. And makes them feel interesting and welcome, and like–like they should be confident in what they do. You make them feel like growing corn or making cherry salsa or recommending books is a superpower."
"If you're good at those things," he says, "It is.”
― Funny Story
“Even imperfect things can be precious, after all. The choice itself is precious. The smallness and the largeness of an individual life does not change the fundamental honor and value of every manifestation of our personhood.”
― When Women Were Dragons
― When Women Were Dragons
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