- It isn't as if you ever really felt anything ..., he continued.

- No, I responded instinctively, since no one has ever understood me and therefore anything they hazard about me must be wrong; - and then, since the immediate threat seemed to have passed - Yes.

But I didn't know, and now I felt bitter for not knowing, while all around me, I was dizzyingly aware, everyone else was knowing everything. You go from one extreme to the other, I mentally rehearsed, yet does this mean that neither extreme can be true, and, if so or if not, for they are entirely the same even if they are different, then what? Which part of this reasoning cannot be grasped by all of us together? Why is some part always amiss? Can you help me without grinding leather between my teeth?