Mistaken

I misquoted Miller a Sunday ago, thinking Linda Loman told Willy that life was a taking leave. She was tougher than that. She told him it was a casting off. My version was so much more gentle. Linda's points to the sad truth that often those who leave us are heading for big new oceans where they hope the air is cleaner. Or we are deliberately pushing them away from us. Either way it's all very sad.

She immediately follows her observation by saying It's always that way, but Willy, of course, denies her wisdom. He's sure that some people accomplish something. Isn't that odd? She hadn't said they didn't.

So often we just don't hear each other.