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Excesses of appetite are self-cures for feelings of hopelessness. ..

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People change, but there really are limits.
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The whole notion of sanity may be an attempt to medicalize morality – to speak of the good in the language of health: to make us more accurate, more scientific in our wanting – but by the same token it becomes a form of moral blackmail.
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I am always true to myself, that is the problem. Who else could I be true to?
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The vocabulary of one’s self-criticism is so impoverished and clichéd.
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Monogamy is a way of getting the versions of ourselves down to the minimum.
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Transgression is a quest for solitude
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We are children for a very long time.
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To our grudge against our mothers; the way we never let our mothers off the hook for their not meeting our every need.
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