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To grow up is to discover what one is unequal to.

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The vocabulary of one’s self-criticism is so impoverished and clichéd.
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Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.
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Wanting to be understood, as adults, can be our most violent form of nostalgia.
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We are children for a very long time.
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