The beast of burden will always be necessary.
It’s something painful you must carry even though it hurts you very much.[Pinocchio: What’s a burden?]
When two men are in a situation like me and your dad were, for as long as we were, you take on certain responsibilities of the other.
His nose didn’t grow.[Pinocchio]What’s that?[Jiminy Cricket]When he called me a burden, his nose didn’t grow. That’s how he really feels. I don’t want to be a burden. I don’t want to hurt Papa and make him want to yell at me like that.[Pinocchio]
This life follows you. It clings to you, infecting everyone who comes close to you.[to John]
The gift comes with burdens.
