“But they never do.” she said.
You remained silent. Oh, but some of them do. You thought.
You know all those big talks you and others say to each other are merely means of comfort. What you do is actually hypnotizing one another. Deep within, if you’re honest enough, you’d have to admit that your main motivation is not as pure as you claim. But then, you come to realize that you yourself seldom do that either. Not enough is never enough. And now you wonder why people would hope that knowing it’d never happen. It’s human nature.