thoughts in chaos

long is the way and hard that out of hell leads up to the light. [john milton] the mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death. [oscar wilde]


April 21, 2008

double disappointment

when we ask someone a question expecting a specific answer, we are laying a trap that might well catch both ourselves, the hunters, and our prey. it's a double disappointment: ours, since the answer was not what we wanted to hear; and the other's, since he or she will feel the answer as a failure.

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