George thinks guiltily of Phoebe. "Sometimes it's not that they don't care, or that they're being selfish... it's that they don't realize their own actionsare having such a damaging impact.
"It's sort of like the beauty conversation we had earlier. What if you're being purposely cruel to someone because you think that it's the best thing for them -- being cruel to be kind? And what about 'tough love?' You're completely justified in your own mind, you're the hero of the piece. What if the Stepmother thought that what she was doing to Cinderella was the best possible thing for her?"
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"It's sort of like the beauty conversation we had earlier. What if you're being purposely cruel to someone because you think that it's the best thing for them -- being cruel to be kind? And what about 'tough love?' You're completely justified in your own mind, you're the hero of the piece. What if the Stepmother thought that what she was doing to Cinderella was the best possible thing for her?"