Poll
(Love and Semantics) In Vernon God Little, Vern is on the run and out of money. Suddenly, his dream girl shows up with $600! His comment, in his ironic interior monologue:
"One thing to be proud of: I don't respond to the flood of joy-hormones, the ones that make you want to smell flowers, or say I love you. I contain myself like a man."
If Vern had told the girl that he loved her, he wouldn’t have meant anything in particular.
"One thing to be proud of: I don't respond to the flood of joy-hormones, the ones that make you want to smell flowers, or say I love you. I contain myself like a man."
If Vern had told the girl that he loved her, he wouldn’t have meant anything in particular.
He would have said it without thinking at all, the way you might say “Shit!” if you hit your thumb with a hammer.
He would just have said it because he was being polite, the way you might say “Fine, thanks” if someone said “Hello, how are you?”
He would have meant something
Poll added by: Manny
