insight

"She...

was  not  absurd--

the  world  around  her

was lacking...."

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(written by Ristav, originally in The Blacklist)

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Emerson nailed it

Perspective

Nobody's ever the same on the inside

as they pretend to be on the outside.


Once you get that reality

entrenched in your mind--

that everyone is floundering,

duplicitous,

fraudulent,

frightened,

a wounded child in an adult's body...

feigning superiority...

nothing can phase you.