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Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar.
— Scarlett ‧ Gone with the Wind
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker snaps at someone to stop bothering them, opening with a blustering exclamation. Rejecting the pet name 'sugar' adds a prickly rebuke, refusing both the attention and the familiarity. The tone is sharp and dismissive.
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