We are always looking for the best time

Mattie 2022-01-14 08:01:25

One night a year ago, KS walked back home barefoot. She didn't expect her panic to make herself carry a secret for a difficult year.
I missed the best time to express it, and then there is no way to say it. Everyone will have it.

Then we kept carrying a secret, and when we couldn’t hide it, we would say to ourselves, "No matter what, we must say it to whomever!", and then we went to find the person to talk to, and when we found it, we missed it again. The best time.

At the end of the film, KS was very calm, she said everything calmly. We know that she has had a hard time in a year of isolation, nightmares, and no one understands. At the same time, we also know that she has found herself again.
I like this ending! Regardless of the dimension in which the revival takes place, it is commendable.


I don't have the magic power to make people talk to the fullest, and I don't have much courage to let myself speak boldly, and I believe in the best time. I just didn't wait for it to appear. Even if it did, I knew that after so long, I didn't care much or felt as uncomfortable as before.

No longer being silent is just an affirmation that I have persisted day after day on my own.
All we want to say is "Hey, look at me finally!"

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Extended Reading

Speak quotes

  • Mr. Freeman: Can anybody tell me what this is?

    [holds up a smashed globe]

    Ivy: A globe?

    Mr. Freeman: A globe? Gosh... what are you guys, 13, 14? You already let them beat the creativity outta you? It's okay. I used to let my daughters kick this around my studio when it was too wet too play outside and one day, Jenny put her foot right through Texas and the entire United States crumbled into the sea. I mean, you could... you could paint a wet muzzled dog chewing Alaska! The possibilities are endless. It's almost too much, but you all are important enough to give it too.

  • Mr. Freeman: In here is a piece of paper and on that piece of paper is a word. You are gonna spend the rest of the year turning that object into art.

    Ivy: Uh, Mr. Freeman? When I was little, I was really scared of clowns and I don't wanna relapse and have to go back into therapy.

    Mr. Freeman: Oh, yeah, well, fear is a great place to begin art.

    [Melinda picks a piece of paper that says "tree" and tries to put it back]

    Mr. Freeman: Hey! Whoa. You just chose your destiny. You can't change that.

    Melinda Sordino: I learned how to draw a tree in like the 2nd grade.

    Mr. Freeman: Oh, really? Um. Well, do you wanna show me? It's okay. I won't grade you.

    [he hands her the chalk and Melinda sulks up to the blackboard and very hesitantly draws a really pathetic tree]

    Mr. Freeman: That's a pretty good start. Yeah, let's see what it looks like at the end of the year.

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