"I've never been one for the whole 'power of positive thinking' bollocks, but I've found that things have been a lot easier when I don't think of it as trapped. Stuck, perhaps, but trapped...trapped implies being an animal, being caged. Stuck allows for experimentation and analysis. Semantics, yeah, but sometimes that's the sort of thing that helps keep you focused." The Doctor smiled with half his face, a quirk that admitted to the potential futility therein. "Or maybe I've just decided that to win the island game, I had to intentionally lose; take all I can, give nothing back, so to speak.
"But, bringing it back to the big picture, humanity needs people like you," he continued. "Because otherwise no one ends up looking outwards, and everything is stagnant. I know it sounds like a cliche, but without theories or dreams, how does anyone proceed?"
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Date: 2011-11-06 10:51 pm (UTC)"But, bringing it back to the big picture, humanity needs people like you," he continued. "Because otherwise no one ends up looking outwards, and everything is stagnant. I know it sounds like a cliche, but without theories or dreams, how does anyone proceed?"