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There was a film library at my college, and I adored volunteering with them. I got to review some reels before they got digitized. I remember wearing those white gloves and threading the film through machines to check them. Fun stuff

“Love doesn’t give a person permission to control another.”

“Some wounds run so deep that logic doesn’t work. I know this from my own history.”

“‘It’s not a child’s job to fulfill the dreams of their parents.’”

“Hyukjoon hadn’t needed her permission. He’d been planning on taking everything he wanted from her all along.”

Not Fanny assuming she’d move to New York with Linli

Seriously how is this therapy? It’s just physical assault

“‘ I’ve been to a lot of therapy myself. Not that it’s changed how I feel about my dad. He’ll never change. He’ll never be the dad I want.’”

“I’d never known that imagination could help process the past.”

So that’s why I have a big imagination. I kid

These two are way too good at getting under each other’s skin

The crux of it is the dream of the future versus the pain of the past

I hate that she has to put aside her dreams

Ooh yeah hoarder behavior. Not fun

“ I couldn’t do this again-hide in oblivion, find so much pleasure in giving up. The thing about this kind of enjoyment, though, was that it was astonishingly easy and more satisfying than anything else I had ever known.”

The guilt tripping

Niko being jealous about the Ducharme brothers’ dad having, what I assume is, a stroke is so sad and so quintessential kid-like

Yay a matriarchy

Huh didn’t expect aliens

So she had full conversations with a naked doll. Isnt that distracting?

Is this Waitress but instead of an OB GYN it’s the vet?

They didn’t rename the cat?

“Books has taught me some things, though not all” same

Why were people arguing? Wasn’t it going back to how things were prior to the Freshening? Or did they get so used to the new world that they forgot the old? I’m confuse

Wait race and gender? Damn

The way I gasped!

“ I didn’t want to accidentally do something wrong-if every action was deliberate, even subconsciously, then what would it mean if I turned on the light when no one else, apparently, wanted to? Better to do nothing.”

Daniel hits on this idea that I think is important: sometimes it’s easier to accept a half truth that feels safe and comfortable rather than work through the difficulties and nuances of a more truthful life that doesn’t feel as safe. It boils down to being uncomfortable is hard to

Larry literally called himself a master manipulator

I’m sorry children were brought to the retreat in the middle of nowhere??

I think a lot of Spencer’s story makes me think of confirmation bias. You see things that validate your views and run with them