A ceramic bowl split into a saffron half and a charcoal half joined by a gold seam on a grey background.

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Roger Thornhill

I may go back to hating you. It was more fun.

— North by Northwest · 1959

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker teases that their affection may not be an improvement: they might return to hating the person, because it was more fun. The joke admits a softened feeling while pretending to grumble about losing the entertainment of hostility.

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