tales from an ordinary world

2000-11-15

The best thing, of course, is to shut the hell up. The proper way to listen, or to give advice, is to be impartial. Don't say what you think - just stick to being logical. You'll thank yourself later. Occasionally you might spring a leak - a single corrosive word can do so much damage. A burning bridge. Instead, you choose to burn yourself slowly, on the inside. You'll never know. They'll never know. "We never knew..." But I'll always know.