Oh, and I think GUBU "wants" me on some level. He "wants" the parts that are useful and comfortable to him, and he wants to ignore/destroy/diminish the rest.
Because he's not "comfortable" with the whole me.
Unfortunately, it's kind of difficult to cut myself into pieces, physically or emotionally. Not that I'd want to try.
These are quotes from Steve Martin's Book/Movie:Shopgirl
“Only then does he realize what he has done to her, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has damaged them both, and how he cannot justify his actions except that, well, it was life.”
“...just remember, darling, it is pain that changes our lives.”
“For a while, she believes there will be a moment when he will cave in and let himself love her, but eventually she lets the idea go. She hits bottom. She dwells in the muck for several months, not depressed exactly, but involved in a mourning that at first she thinks is for him but soon realizes is for the loss of her old self.”
“As she sits in a booth, it never occurs to her to observe herself, and thus she is spared the image of a girl sitting alone in a bar on Saturday night. A girl who is willing to give every ounce of herself to someone, who could never betray her lover, who never suspects maliciousness of anyone, and whose sexuality sleeps within her, waiting to be stirred..."