In retrospect, I was rejecting the truth, the way I have in malfunctioning romantic relationships — engaging in maddening repetition instead of admitting the thing was broken.
Black gazes steadily across the table and admits, "The thing is, what I didn't understand at the time was how charismatic Kim Deal is.
When asked if there's anything she still wants to do, she admits: "The thing I most dread is that I'm run over by a Volkswagen before I create a masterpiece".
Well, you've got to admit the thing is huge.
But if we come upon something false to admit, the thing sought will be false, too.
But, I have to admit, the thing I loved most about those movies was the suit: the armor, the mask, the cape.
But I have to admit, the thing that tickled my ego the most this week was getting featured not once, but twice in the same week by the venerable Andrew Sullivan, who writes the "Daily Dish" blog at The Atlantic.
If, as Francois at one point admits, the things that are done to Philida (and by extension to all slaves) are "unspeakable," then Brink should take more care when he decides to speak them out loud.
Hari goes to Portugal, where all drug possession was decriminalised 13 years ago, and where even the police chief of the Lisbon drug squad now admits, "The things we were afraid of didn't happen".
It's time for "nerds" to admit the things that make us "nerdy" -- social exclusion, unusual interests, atypical learning development -- don't erase the privileges we also have.
