aleoimagines

One overworks at the office to such an extent that One is too tired even to enjoy One’s vacation properly.But for all the work One does, One still doesn’t gain any right to be treated with loving kindness by everyone; on the contrary. One is alone, a perfect stranger to everyone, and merely an object of curiosity. And as long as you day One instead of I, it’s of no consequence, and the story can be recited, but as soon as you admit to yourself that it is you yourself, then you are actually pierced to the quick and are horror-stricken.

Leonard: What would you be if you were attached to another object by an inclined plane, wrapped helically around an axis?
Sheldon: Screwed.
Leonard: There you go.