“You are exactly the same person you used to be. You haven’t changed so much as a pair of socks in the years I’ve known you. If we’ve grown apart, then I’m the one who’s done the growing. And all I’ve done is changed jobs.”
“And hairstyles and clothes and attitude and friends and…”
“That’s not fair, Rob. You know I couldn’t go to work with my hair all spiked. And I can afford to go out shopping more now. And I’ve met a couple of people I like over the last year or so. Which leaves attitude.”
“You’re tougher.”
“More confident, maybe.”
“Harder.”
“Less neurotic. Are you intending to stay the same for the rest of your life? Same friends, or lack of them? Same job? Same attitude?”
“I’m all right.”
“Yeah, you’re all right. But you’re not perfect, and you’re certainly not happy. So what happens if you get happy…? Should we split up then, because I’m used to you being miserable?...All I’m saying is that… you have to allow for things happening to people, and you have to allow for things not happening to people. Otherwise what’s the use?”
-Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
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yessssssss.
it's so... everything.
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