Why We Broke Up Life Imitates Art Quotes

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Quote #10

It was an ocean, a canyon of awful. I couldn't see it, some scene in a flower shop. Stop gulping, is what I thought to myself. Your expression is moronic in the reflection of the glass door. And now she's going to say, I'd predict scornfully sitting through this movie at home, How long has this been going on?

And I said it. (40.51-40.52)

Even when she breaks up with Ed, Min sees the action unfold as though she's watching a movie. Is this a defense mechanism?