In his real life, he does get het up about insignificant things – don't we all?
In Kiss the Hand You Cannot Bite, a book about the rise and fall of Ceauşescu, Edward Behr quotes a former Securitate official: "Imagine a huge apparatus spreading rumors, fear, and terror, an atmosphere in which common people feel that if they try and do the most insignificant thing identified as an act of opposition... they will disappear.
In Kiss the Hand You Cannot Bite, a book about the rise and fall of Ceauşescu, Edward Behr quotes a former Securitate official: "Imagine a huge apparatus spreading rumors, fear, and terror, an atmosphere in which common people feel that if they try and do the most insignificant thing identified as an act of opposition… they will disappear.
People might feel uncomfortable calling out the sometimes seemingly insignificant things people do.
Lots of men lie about small, insignificant things simply because they don't want to cause drama.
Do not stress and fuss about little and insignificant things.
I don't mean to suggest that these writers focus on insignificant things, but that they understand how often small moments illuminate the large mysteries, and plain surfaces reveal terrifying depths.
Think of it as a shortcut to independence; it's less painful to move away from someone you don't like, so fights may happen over the most insignificant things.
Not once did I see the hypocrisy in dismissing men for such insignificant things because even when I was writing them off for aesthetic reasons, I still managed to convince myself that it wasn't about looks.
"Time to see what these magnificent life forms are actually doing on the reef; time to notice the small and seemingly insignificant things that later turn out to be a sea secret.
