One of the movies we watched over the holiday weekend — on Thanksgiving Day, actually — was The Incredibles. We’ve seen this movie many times but I still enjoy it. One of my favorite quotes from the movie is when Helen Parr is driving her son, Dash, home from school after he got in trouble for using his superpowers to do something bad at school. The short conversation in that car ride is very insightful. Helen tries to explain to Dash why he needs to avoid using his superpower (speed). She says:
“Everyone’s special, Dash.”
To which he replies:
“Which is another way of saying nobody is.”