Sean Platt Quote
Oh shit, I’m sorry, Brent said. He never knew what to say when someone mentioned death. And he always felt like sorry was one of the worst things you could say. It was so ... trite. Yet, he could never think of anything better. He’d tried other phrases, like sorry for your loss, but that felt like a cheesy cop show line, even if it was slightly better than sorry. If he were being honest, he’d simply say, that sucks, because death truly did exactly that. But that sucks seemed almost flippant. So, he always fell to the old uncomfortable standby, I’m sorry. It’s okay, Luis said. And they always say that, too. ‘It’s okay.’ No, it’s NOT okay. It’s never fucking okay. I
Sean Platt
Oh shit, I’m sorry, Brent said. He never knew what to say when someone mentioned death. And he always felt like sorry was one of the worst things you could say. It was so ... trite. Yet, he could never think of anything better. He’d tried other phrases, like sorry for your loss, but that felt like a cheesy cop show line, even if it was slightly better than sorry. If he were being honest, he’d simply say, that sucks, because death truly did exactly that. But that sucks seemed almost flippant. So, he always fell to the old uncomfortable standby, I’m sorry. It’s okay, Luis said. And they always say that, too. ‘It’s okay.’ No, it’s NOT okay. It’s never fucking okay. I
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