[pressgang] Quote of the Day, October 19, 2025

[prydonia]

Lynda:The books you gave me were real. I thought they were fakes, but they weren't - I checked. Over the last few days you haven't tried to hustle once in the newsroom. Short of you being tied up and gagged I can't think of anything that would normally stop you. And today you blew up at Spike and me, and I've never seen you do that.

Colin:Of all the people I though would notice...

Lynda:I'm the last?

Colin:Of all the people I though would care...

Lynda:I'm not sure I do care. I don't know what your problem is yet. But I do know it's serious.

Colin:And how do you know that?

Lynda:Because you live for what you do. You live to hustle, right?

Colin:Yeah, so?

Lynda:Well, it's like you live for your work. Like there's nothing outside of that. No social life, nothing. Just what

you do. And of course there's your appalling dress sense.

Colin:(defensive) What's appalling dress sense got to do with it?

Lynda:I'm just trying to think of everything we've got in common. The point I'm making is this; I know how an obsessive behaves because I am one. And I know how much it takes to knock an obsessive off the tracks because I've been there. If you remember ending up as editor a few months ago, you'll know what I'm talking about.

Colin:Right.

Lynda:So whatever it is you're going through it's got to be pretty bad, yeah?

Colin:Yeah.

Lynda:And I think I'm the only person who's likely to know that, which kind of places me under an

obligation, doesn't it? I mean us obsessives have got to stick together, right?

Colin:You really wanna hear this?

Lynda:No. But I think you should talk to someone. And I think I'm it. Want to walk? I find this kind

of chat easier walking.
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