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I am always true to myself, that is the problem. Who else could I be true to?

Adam Phillips

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  To keep faith with recognition we have to stay recognizable.

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  Monogamy is a way of getting the versions of ourselves down to the minimum.

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  We are at our most stupid in our self-hatred.

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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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