Painterly compass beside a narrow glowing doorway in a dark freestanding wall.

Original artwork, not a still

The Second Summer of the Sisterhood · 2003

Ann Brashares

Sometimes you just had to face it. You had to march right into the ugly middle… Otherwise you ended up against the wall, creeping fearfully around the edge your whole life.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker argues that some situations must be met directly, by walking straight into the unpleasant centre of a problem. Avoiding it means hugging the edges and living in timid caution, so the line frames courage as the only alternative to a lifetime of fear.

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