It IS amazing what people will do to bury the family skeletons. Let me guess - You don't talk much about your career with them - right? except maybe in banal generalities. If you only knew the extent of their deeply buried disgust it couldn't help but affect you.

When you finally do shoot yourself, please don't take another girl (or guy) with you.
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‘Harder!’ she begged, ‘Harder!! Tell me what you think of Chomsky!’