Denny Crane: You know, the best part of my marriages has always been the first day.
Alan Shore: ‘Just Married.’ Grand thing. But for me there was nothing more devastatingly lonely than being married for a while.
Denny Crane: You never talk about your wife. What was she like?
Alan Shore: She had all the most delectable qualities one could hope for. Creativity, desire, zealotry, a gorgeous clavicle, healthy lack of inhibition.
Denny Crane: Sounds spectacular. What happened?
Alan Shore: She began… to know me too well and I began to hate her for it. Even when I was unpredictable, she’d predict it. For those of us who aspire to be original, it’s the worst sort of banality. She died. I’ve missed that banality ever since.Boston Legal, Season 2, Episode 17
“It’s when everyone thinks they know who you are, then you’re trapped.” Complete Unknown - You are who you say you are.
This need to not be pigeonholed is very real to me. To be predictable is a curse, a sin. I dislike it immensely. Change challenges me, allows me to see the type of person I am or could be. However, predictability is not synonomous with reliability; that is something I whole-heartedly practice. Word is bond.