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Mort believed that people - even those who try to be honest with themselves - are unable to accept when something ends. They trust, or at least try to trust, even when the final decision has already been written on the wall, in such large letters that anyone can read it from hundreds of meters away. When something is really important, it's easy to cheat, it's easy to mistake reality for a soap opera, and convince yourself that you don't have to see the situation so darkly, everything will turn out well in the end... maybe just after the next commercial. Mort thought that without the amazing power of self-delusion, humanity would probably be even crazier than it is now.

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Mort believed that people - even those who try to be honest with themselves - are unable to accept when something ends. They trust, or at least try to trust, even when the final decision has already been written on the wall, in such large letters that anyone can read it from hundreds of meters away. When something is really important, it's easy to cheat, it's easy to mistake reality for a soap opera, and convince yourself that you don't have to see the situation so darkly, everything will turn out well in the end... maybe just after the next commercial. Mort thought that without the amazing power of self-delusion, humanity would probably be even crazier than it is now.

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Hungarian

"Mort úgy vélte, hogy az emberek - még azok is, akik megpróbálnak őszinték lenni magukhoz - képtelenek elfogadni, ha véget ér valami. Még akkor is bíznak, vagy legalábbis megpróbálnak bízni, ha már a végső döntést is felírták a falra, méghozzá akkora betűkkel, hogy több száz méterről is elolvashatja bárki. Ha valami igazán fontos, könnyen csal az ember, könnyen összetéveszti a valóságot egy szappanoperával, és meggyőzi magát arról, hogy nem kell olyan sötéten látni a helyzetet, végül úgyis minden jóra fordul... talán éppen a következő reklám után. Mort arra gondolt, hogy az önámítás csodálatos képessége nélkül az emberiség valószínűleg még őrültebb volna, mint amilyen őrült jelenleg."

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