‘How many historic events have only two of us witnessed together, Ronald? How often do we make or change history? And our names can never grace any pages of record… No monuments will ever bear our image. And yet once again tonight, the course of human history will be set by two unknown men, standing in the shadows.’ – Cancerman
This has been one of my favorite X-file episodes. You really get to see the ‘human-side’ of Cancerman. Unlike previous portrayals of him, here, you see a person who’s trapped in a path of life he cannot get out. Towards the end of episode, after finding out that his last desperate effort to change the course of his life has failed, he utters these words,
‘Life is like a box of chocolates: a cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that nobody asks for. Unreturnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So you’re stuck with this indefinable whipped mint crap that you mindlessly wolf down when there is nothing else left to eat. Sure, once in a while there’s a peanut butter cup or an English toffee, but they’re gone too fast and the taste is fleeting. So you end up with nothing but broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts. If you’re desperate enough to eat those, all you’ve got left is an empty box filled with useless brown paper wrappers.’ – Cancerman
It really struck me b/c I was reminded of a statement made my G.K. Chesterton [I think]:
‘For the life of unbelievers, sorrow is central and joy is peripheral; for the life of believers, joy is central and sorrow is peripheral…’
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