[a coffee-house]
A: [laughing] Ah yes, 'Brevity is the soul of whit.' Shakespeare, right? ...Or was it Shaw...?
B: Who cares? ...Do you have any original thoughts of your own or do you just like to quote other people all the time?
A: [polite] Oh...uhm...no. it's not that. I just think...that...[the thought is finally fully formed] someone has usually said what you are trying to say and better than how you're saying it, is all.
B: Okay. You know what I think? [A shakes head "no"] I don't think your confident enough to take the concepts of these people--Shakespeare, Shaw, Voltaire, Mamet--into your own words therefore being much less responsible for what you have to say because you are using the quote as a shield to block yourself. You're hiding, cowering behind these quotes of these cool people because you are so frightened that someone may find out, what? You're not as smart as everyone may think you are? All that is bullshit, man! You are that smart. Trust yourself, baby!
[a line has formed behind B]
A: .... ... ... ...uhm...did you say you wanted room for cream in that venti coffee...?
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