Reminds me of a passage from East of Eden. Adam is in love with a girl he doesn't know at all – and who later turns out to be a psychopath. Samuel told him,
“It’s my duty to take this thing of yours and kick it in the face, then raise it up and spread slime on it thick enough to blot out its dangerous light... I should hold it up to you muck-covered and show you its dirt and danger. I should warn you to look closer until you can see how ugly it really is. I should ask you to think of inconstancy and give you examples. I should give you Othello’s handkerchief. Oh, I know I should. And I should straighten you out of your tangled thoughts, show you that the impulse is gray as lead and rotten as a dead cow in wet weather. If I did my duty well, I could give you back your bad old life and feel good about it, and welcome you back to the musty membership in the lodge... It is the duty of a friend. I had a friend who did the duty once for me. But I’m a false friend... It’s a lovely thing, preserve it, and glory in it. And I’ll dig your wells..."
Reminds me of a passage from East of Eden. Adam is in love with a girl he doesn't know at all – and who later turns out to be a psychopath. Samuel told him,
“It’s my duty to take this thing of yours and kick it in the face, then raise it up and spread slime on it thick enough to blot out its dangerous light... I should hold it up to you muck-covered and show you its dirt and danger. I should warn you to look closer until you can see how ugly it really is. I should ask you to think of inconstancy and give you examples. I should give you Othello’s handkerchief. Oh, I know I should. And I should straighten you out of your tangled thoughts, show you that the impulse is gray as lead and rotten as a dead cow in wet weather. If I did my duty well, I could give you back your bad old life and feel good about it, and welcome you back to the musty membership in the lodge... It is the duty of a friend. I had a friend who did the duty once for me. But I’m a false friend... It’s a lovely thing, preserve it, and glory in it. And I’ll dig your wells..."