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See the book you have,
Thomas Wolfe?
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It's all about self-discovery,
the inner voyage.
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I like the end
where Eugene's journey...
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It was really mystical, you know?
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It was almost like a pilgrimage.
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Almost like a cop-out,
if you ask me.
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Though those were
the facts of Wolfe's life.
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The novel is what you would call
a roman a clef.
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You know what that is?
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Sure.
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Well, nonetheless, you can't escape
your demons just by leaving home.
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Although writers do find new freedom
when they relocate abroad.
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Take Henry Miller.
Have you read his trilogy?
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"Plexus", "Nexus" and "Sexus"?
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- You haven't read that?
- No.
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You're missing something.
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You know what?
I did read "Tropic of Cancer".
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Just parts of it, though...
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'cause I had to sneak it off
my parents' shelf, you know?
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But his descriptions are
pretty vivid, I would say.
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In one of the novels,
I don't recall which...
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he describes an erection
as a piece of lead with wings on it.
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- I didn't read that part.
- Of course not. You're not allowed.
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Your parents don't want you
to achieve adulthood. That's natural.
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They know the pitfalls of adulthood,
all that freedom.
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They know it only too well.
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Temptation to stray, deflecting
their guilt and anger onto you...
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for a crime that's not even a crime,
for smoking grass.
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Wait a second.
Where are you from?
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Where am I from?
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- Yeah.
- Where do you think I'm from?
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I don't know, but...
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If I told you,
you gonna get mad at me?