"Do you mean to spend your whole life running away?" Tyrion asked before she could slip back out the door. That stopped her. Her cheeks turned a bright pink, and he was afraid she was about to start weeping again. Instead she thrust out her lip defiantly and said, "You're running too." "I am," he confessed, "but I am running TO and you are running FROM, and there's a world of difference there."
This profound exchange between Tyrion and the woman captures a fundamental aspect of human behavior: the motivation behind our actions often defines their meaning. Tyrion's question challenges the impulse to flee from problems, fears, or pain — highlighting the risk and pain inherently involved in running away from one's issues or past. Her defensiveness and blush reveal vulnerability, while Tyrion's candid admission — that both are running, but with contrasting aims...