A few broken thoughts on broken lives

Pinkie 2022-10-06 22:44:09

If a person's understanding of the world is different from that of most people, we call him a strange person. If he also has social-aggressive behaviors, a psychiatrist will identify him as a mental patient.
But if he was just silently different, no one would care even if he was alone for a lifetime.

What matters is not the problem itself, but how the problem is viewed.
Psychological crises often hide the key to unlocking the true self. For the male protagonist, PTSD means an opportunity to dismantle and reconstruct life. Maybe the first half of my life is numb, but the company of my lover is real. After rebuilding the world, those memories will become truly meaningful. The customer service woman is the one who really sees Davis. People really exist when they are seen. The little boy is his partner, and he also faces the confusion of self-recognition. He goes crazy together and makes trouble together, so he is no longer alone.

Really wanting to do something for a loved one who has passed away is the beginning of healing.

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Demolition quotes

  • Davis: Dear Champion Vending Company: I put five quarters in your machine and proceeded to push B2, which should have given me peanut M&M's. Regrettably, it did not. I found this upsetting, as I was very hungry, and also my wife had died ten minutes earlier.

  • Davis: You must be Chris.

    Chris: You fucking my mom?

    Davis: No, I'm not. We were just sleeping...

    Chris: [interrupts] She's fucking crazy. If you haven't noticed, she's a fucking pothead. She calls it cannabis 'cause it makes her feel like less of a fucking pothead.

    Davis: You say fuck a lot.

    Chris: So?

    Davis: So you're just not using it properly.

    Chris: The fuck does that mean?

    Davis: That's what I mean. Fuck is a great word, but if you use it too much then it just loses its value and you sound stupid.

    Chris: Fuck you.

    Davis: Exactly. I feel nothing and you sound like an idiot. Have a good one.

    [Davis leaves]

    Chris: Who the f...

    [thinks about it]