I watched The Time Traveler’s Wife on HBO, and I cannot get this conversation out of my head:
Henry (the time traveler): You know what’s good about being sad?
Clare (the wife, age 6? 7?): Nothing.
Henry: Happy people are all the same, but sad people are all different.
I’ve been stuck on these words because I think they are dangerous. They perpetuate the ste…
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