*restrains self from commenting on ever single point*
"I certainly have not the talent which some people possess, of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I have often seen done." (These two lines inspire raging debates about once a fortnight. One side insists that it means he's a shy, gentle woobie, the other that he's an utterly selfish bastard. Personally, I think all he's trying to say is that he's an introvert.)
and the batshit insane side says it means he's autistic!
Just using her name is more romantic -- from him -- than mad declarations of love, somehow.
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ninetydegrees
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on 2009-08-21 07:51 pm (UTC)"I certainly have not the talent which some people possess, of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I have often seen done." (These two lines inspire raging debates about once a fortnight. One side insists that it means he's a shy, gentle woobie, the other that he's an utterly selfish bastard. Personally, I think all he's trying to say is that he's an introvert.)
and the batshit insane side says it means he's autistic!
Just using her name is more romantic -- from him -- than mad declarations of love, somehow.
nnngggg, yesssss. *flappy hands of glee*