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Show Motherlunge a novel 142 I believe in theories. Especially compelling and convincing are the ones where a terrible possibility is explained by another unpleasant, perhaps even slightly more painful, second possibility. For example, it's not that necessarily there is no Santa, but rather that everyone has been lying to you about their belief in same. Similarly, it's not that there is no God, but rather that there are many forces making the world, each one idiosyncratic, incompletely powerful, godless. As another example, it's not that no one you love has ever loved you back. Rather, it's that the person you love has finally come to know you well enough to stop. |
