“Became the Man I Was Hunting…”
From ABC’s LOST: “Confidence Man” (Season One, Episode Seven @35:50)
Kate confronts Sawyer about his identity, and his drive to have people hate him:
Kate: “Your name’s not Sawyer, is it?”
Sawyer: “It was his name. He was a confidence man. Romanced my momma to get to the money. Wiped’em out clean, left a mess behind. So I wrote that letter. I wrote it knowing one day I’d find him. But that ain’t the sad part. When I was 19, I needed $6,000 to pay these guys off I was in trouble with. So I found a pretty lady with a dumb husband that had some money. And I got’em to give it to me. How’s that for a tragedy? Became the man I was hunting… became Sawyer… Don’t you feel sorry for me. Get the hell out. Get out!“
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You know this about me, don’t you? Trapped between a rock and a hard place.
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” ~James A. Baldwin
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- 02.23.10 / 4am
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- con man, confidence, confidence man, tragedy, trouble
"Much like you, I've had many names, played many roles, lived many lives:
Adam. Able. Cain. Thoth. Lancelot. Merlin. Icarus. Machiavelli. Robin Hood. Loki. Lucifer. Casanova...
The jester. The martyr. The redeemer. The avenger. The leader and the follower. The social butterfly and the hermit. The conformist and the renegade...
The paladin. The serpent. The university student. The club kid. The entrepreneur. The apprentice and the teacher. The rising star and the fallen angel...
The prodigal son. Musician. Philosopher. Athlete. The protagonist, antagonist and narrator. The best friend; the arch-nemesis. A jack-of-all-trades and a an expert...
To be the enigma and the answer - this is my choice...
You see, I am human and divine. I am both and I am neither...
I was who I was. I did what I did. I had what I had. I said what I said. I felt how I felt. I thought what I thought. I was who I was.
I am who I am. I do what I do. I have what I have. I say what I say. I feel how I feel. I think what I think. I am who I am.
I will be who I will be. I will do what I will do. I will have what I have. I will say what I say. I will feel how I feel. I will think what I think. I will be who I will be.
I am not my name. I never was. I Am Who I Am.
Now, I am to pose the question to you: "And you are...?"
~ Todd M. Fay (Tuesday, September 8, 2009)
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