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When the guy kissed her, Cassidy felt a stab of pain that was close to physical, and therefore within the penumbra of hurts he told himself he could bear. This is a line from a poem called “The Importance of Being Ernest” written by Oscar Wilde, but the words are more or less the same as what happens in this scene. It illustrates how Cassidy knows what kind of pain he can bear. He knows that he can hurt himself just as he knows that he can hurt others.
He’s not trying to be cruel with his words here, but rather allowing himself to feel pain without being overwhelmed by it. It shows that he has good mental fortitude, which I think is very important for someone who suffers from depression.
Source: Once A Runner
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