three days later, and I still can't get over how apt this is

[crackling]

‘Is she unhappy?’
‘Girls of that age are always unhappy.’
‘Love, I suppose.’
‘I don’t think she’s had love yet. She feels she’s somebody very special and she’s just beginning to realize that she’s not very talented.’
‘That sounds like the human condition.’

Iris Murdoch

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[drunkenchipmunk]

That sounds bang on to me.

[crackling]

Apparently it is from The Black Prince. I gotta get me a copy of that book, seeing how that quote kind of epitomises my life (and the lives of all the girls I know, apparently)