"You need to know the difference"

28 January 2024: “The thing about the dead, some come because they miss you, some come because they need to tell you something you need to hear, some of them just want to take you with them. You need to know the difference.” 

Rewatching episode two of True Detective: Night Country before episode three airs tonight. The quotation above--from Rose, played by the terrific Fiona Shaw--is pretty darn good writing. That turn it takes in the final clause of the first sentence! Reminds me of Maxine Hong Kingston's "No Name Woman."