Fabric Detective is so well written

Zelda 2022-04-19 09:01:53

As children, we were as fearless and joyous as the protagonists of the first story, feeling like we were different, until we hit a big snag and we were knocked out.

When we enter adolescence, we learn to be rebellious like the protagonists in the second story. We think we have time and we still have opportunities, and then unknowingly, we will find that we have no chance. big adult.

Then we started to enrich ourselves and learn to keep a low profile. Like the protagonist in the third story, we obeyed the boss. No matter how much you had contributed to the company before, once you found that you were useless, you were immediately kicked out.

Finally, we came to our senses and felt that relying on our own hands to live a happy life is like the old man in the fourth story, conscientious and conscientious year after year. But at this time, you must always be on the lookout for the cold shot behind the villain, because there are always people who want to climb on you.

Finally, these people were sent away, and it came to the fifth story. You thought everything was fine and you could spend your old age in peace, but you began to see relatives disappear one by one, and you became timid and fearful of death.

In your later years, you became the kind of bitter old man you once hated the most, and then returned to the original, unknowingly reciting the memories of your life to others, and the dust returned to a pinch of loess. A life, just like the rule set by the coachman, the carriage leads to death, never stops, absolutely fair.

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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs quotes

  • Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): I'd like me a splash of whiskey to wash the trail dust off my gullet and keep my singing voice in fettle.

    Cantina Bartender (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): Whiskey's illegal. This is a dry country.

    Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): [points to the other customers] Well, what are they drinking?

    Cantina Bartender (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"): ...whiskey. They's outlaws.

  • Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): They're so easily taken when they are distracted, people are. So I'm the distractor, with a little story, a little conversation, a song, a sparkle... and Clarence does the thumping while their attention is on me.

    Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): He is very good, this one. You should see him.

    Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): No, *he* is good!

    Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains"): [shrugs] I *can* thump.