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I think the monster is always the truth, the thing we don’t want to face.
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The quote uses “the monster” as a metaphor for an uncomfortable truth. It suggests that what frightens or threatens us most may be the reality we would rather avoid facing. The danger is not necessarily something imaginary or supernatural; it is the difficult fact itself and our resistance to acknowledging it.
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