"Wouldn't be me if it wasn't also a load of bad stuff. I didn't want people
to think I'd been a good man, all my life. I wasn't. They wasn't gonna
think that, period. But maybe - I could at least try and make 'em remember
something good. Something real."
"Some people might still hate me. Some might forget. But I left some of
those conversations feelin' like I'd finally made an impact on the
world that wasn't selfish. People started tellin' me I was a good man - I
didn't believe 'em, but they said it. No one ever said that to me before."
He takes a drink, and admits: "It felt damn good. I know that's selfish,
but I don't care. It felt good."
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"Wouldn't be me if it wasn't also a load of bad stuff. I didn't want people to think I'd been a good man, all my life. I wasn't. They wasn't gonna think that, period. But maybe - I could at least try and make 'em remember something good. Something real."
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"Some people might still hate me. Some might forget. But I left some of those conversations feelin' like I'd finally made an impact on the world that wasn't selfish. People started tellin' me I was a good man - I didn't believe 'em, but they said it. No one ever said that to me before."
He takes a drink, and admits: "It felt damn good. I know that's selfish, but I don't care. It felt good."