[her] mind blackens. The blackness is not a thought, but if it could be pressed into a thought, if a chemical from a dropper could be dripped onto it causing its color and essence to become visible, it would take the shape of this sentence: Why does no one want me?
Interpretation
The quote reflects feelings of isolation and the struggle to understand one's worth.
In this quote, Steve Martin articulates the deep emotional turmoil of feeling unwanted and invisible. The imagery of a mind blackening conveys a sense of despair, suggesting that this sadness is beyond mere thought; it is a visceral experience. When pressed to express this feeling, the essence manifests in the poignant question of rejection and longing for acceptance that many experience at some point in their lives.
In practice
During a motivational speech about overcoming loneliness.
When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage with me, which was juggling, magic and banjo and my little comedy routines. I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.
You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.
I have heard it said that a complicated childhood can lead to a life in the arts. I tell you this story of my father and me to let you know I am qualified to be a comedian.
...it is not the big events that hurt the most but rather the smallest questionable shift in tone at the end of a spoken word that can plow most deeply into the heart.
Reviews for someone like me come in three packages. One is justifiable praise, the second is justifiable criticism, and the third is, "This is only published because he's a celebrity."
If he thinks he would harm Mirabelle, he would back away. But he does not yet understand when and how people are hurt. He doesn't understand the subtleties of slights and pains, that it is not the big events that hurt the most but rather the smallest questionable shift in tone at the end of a spoken word that can plow most deeply into the heart.
We accumulate our opinions at an age when our understanding is at its weakest.
You only need a heart full of grace
All your strength is in union, all your danger is in discord.
I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.
A new day is here. Yesterday is a memory. Tomorrow is unknown. Now is the knowing.
I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God whether they are led by Him. I am fearful they settle down in a state of blind self-security... Let every man and woman know, by the whispering of the Spirit of God to themselves, whether their leaders are walking in the path the Lord dictates, or not.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.