It was to apologize, and apologizing means he remembers what happened, and that means being trapped in a nightmare that__ already come true.
FAILURE IS INEVITABLE. I will fail. We all will. And having failed, and gotten back up, and failed again, taught me that I can survive failure. This is a downfall in most modern stories: the hero always wins. Because while this story is inspiring, it__ also false. In reality, not everyone wins. It__ 100% true that no one wills all the time, and we expect that__very hero must fall at least once. But it__ also 100% true that some people never win at all, and that__ the thing we try so hard to ignore behind the pretty stories. I could spend the rest of my life trying to be a prima ballerina, and it would not happen. I would fail at that for the rest of my life. FAILURE TEACHES US WHO WE ARE. Because even though I know I would fail forever at being a prima ballerina, I also know that I am not someone who should be a prima ballerina. It__ not who I am, it__ not what I want. Of course I would fail at it.
Paper Hearts, Volume 1: Some Writing Advice
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FAILURE IS INEVITABLE. I will fail. We all will. And having failed, and gotten back up, and failed again, taught me that I can survive failure. This is a downfall in most modern stories: the hero always wins. Because while this story is inspiring, it__ also false. In reality, not everyone wins. It__ 100% true that no one wills all the time, and we expect that__very hero must fall at least once. But it__ also 100% true that some people never win at all, and that__ the thing we try so hard to ignore behind the pretty stories. I could spend the rest of my life trying to be a prima ballerina, and it would not happen. I would fail at that for the rest of my life. FAILURE TEACHES US WHO WE ARE. Because even though I know I would fail forever at being a prima ballerina, I also know that I am not someone who should be a prima ballerina. It__ not who I am, it__ not what I want. Of course I would fail at it.
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