Listen, Harriet. I do unterstand. I know you don't want either to give or to take. . You don't want ever again to have to depend for happiness on another person."" That's true. That's the truest thing you ever said."" All right. I can respect that. Only you've got to play the game. Don't force an emotional situation and then blame me for it."" But I don't want any situation. I want to be left in peace. Dorothy L. Sayers
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In the book "The Color Purple," (1985) by Alice Walker and in the movie (1985) by Steven Spielberg, we meet a character named named Celie. Celie is a young girl who has been abused and mistreated by her husband and his family. She is then raped, beaten, and mutilated by her husband's family. Her only solace is her friendship with her friend Shug Avery.

Celie has been high on drugs, she is very ill and she has been beaten so often that she cannot stand up. She writes letters to Shug, but Shug does not reply because she feels weak and unworthy of anyone's love or friendship. "Don't force an emotional situation and then blame me for it" is a quote from this book and movie which shows us how we should accept people as they are without forcing them to change their ways on our own terms.

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