So when people I like do something terrible,” I said, “I just flense them and forgive them.” ”Flense?” he said. “What’s flense?” “It’s what whalers used to do to whale carcasses when they got them on board,” I said. “They would strip off the skin and blubber and meat right down to the skeleton. I do that in my head to people—get rid of all the meat so I can see nothing but their souls. Then I forgive them. —Kurt Vonnegut, Bluebeard
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 20:11:13 +0000
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