Save your explanations, I got some questions for you first and you'd better answer them! ' [slurred Hellian.] 'With what?' [Banaschar] sneered. 'Explanations?' 'No. Answers. There's a difference-' 'Really? How? What difference?' 'Explanations are what people use when they need to lie. Y'can always tell those, 'cause those don't explain nothing and then they look at you like they just cleared things up when really they did the opposite and they know it and you know it and they know you know and you know they know that you know and they know you and you know them and maybe you go out for a pitcher later but who picks up the tab? That's what I want to know.' 'Right, and answers?' 'Answers is what I get when I ask questions. Answers is when you got no choice. I ask, you tell. I ask again, you tell some more. Then I break your fingers, 'cause I don't like what you're telling me, because those answers don't explain nothing! .Steven Erikson
About This Quote
When we ask someone a question, we expect them to answer us. However, when we ask someone a question and they refuse to answer us, we might be tempted to get angry. One obvious problem with this is that the person who refuses to answer us is an adult and we can't just break their fingers. This little exchange illustrates how our attitude towards the ones who refuse to answer us plays a major role in how we react when they do not respond.
If we believe that they know better than we do and they are deliberately withholding information from us, it makes us angry. However, if we believe that they really don't know anything and that they are not intentionally lying or withholding information, then we will show our anger in different ways.
Source: The Bonehunters
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