parallel lines and god

Carter 2022-03-22 09:02:54

The dialogue in the film about parallel lines hit me hard. Because I was afraid that the intersecting lines would become farther and farther apart after once possessed, I had always thought that the feelings between people should be like two parallel lines, so that they could be side by side forever. It turns out that these are all misleading theories in textbooks, and two true parallel lines can never be drawn in the world. Although helpless, splitting and combining is the normal state of life, and naive ideals will only bring harm to oneself again and again.
The dialogue at the end is also very classic. I originally thought that I had studied things clearly and felt that I had won, but in front of reality, this self-righteousness seems very pale, and the rainstorm will still come when it is due. Think of the sentence in "Besieged City", "The illiterate are deceived by the literate, and the literate are deceived by the book." In the face of life, the younger brother who sells drugs and kills is a strong man, but the elder brother, who is a social elite, is always running away.

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Leaves of Grass quotes

  • Bill Kincaid: [Janet has just caught a monster catfish with her forearm through its mouth, called "noodling"] You have a spiritual objection to monofilament?

  • Brady Kincaid: [talking about Janet] She's a poet.

    Bill Kincaid: What?

    Brady Kincaid: Seriously. She writes fuckin' poetry. And she's the Ladies Noodling Champion of '05.

    Bill Kincaid: Her?

    Brady Kincaid: 125 pounds of catfish in under 10 hours with nothing but her bare hands.

    [sigh]

    Brady Kincaid: I tried to get her and Colleen in a three-way once, but wouldn't neither of 'em go for it.