I love this! The use of Austen and Forster especially — just wonderful.
I wonder if ”I was worried he might hurt you” might not be more ”I was worried that by lying you and he were hurting someone else, and causing me to do that too”? But if course that’s a more difficult question to raise.
I definitely agree with you. A line I had to cut from my answer (I could have gone on forever) was pretty much what you wrote above. But, how to get there? When people feel attacked, they normally shut down...
I love this! The use of Austen and Forster especially — just wonderful.
I wonder if ”I was worried he might hurt you” might not be more ”I was worried that by lying you and he were hurting someone else, and causing me to do that too”? But if course that’s a more difficult question to raise.
I definitely agree with you. A line I had to cut from my answer (I could have gone on forever) was pretty much what you wrote above. But, how to get there? When people feel attacked, they normally shut down...
Yes, I’m with you. It’s not easy. I don’t have any answers…but loved what you did with both writers!
Thank you! :-)