A small metal filing drawer stands open with a single glowing pearl inside.

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Meredith

I think I'll have to revise the filing system. Put you in the too good to be true category.

— Playing by Heart  ·  1998

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker jokes about a mental filing system that can't cope with someone this impressive. Having to invent a "too good to be true" category is a playful compliment with a hint of suspicion, as if the person doesn't fit any existing folder.

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