She is especially bad at arguments. She has never been able to accept the rules of engagement which permit or require you to say things that you do not mean, or are distorted truths, or not true at all. She can’t help feeling that every hostile utterance of hers takes her further not only from Joe’s love, but from all the love she’s ever had, and makes her feel that a buried meanness has been exposed that truly represents her.
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