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It is sometimes advantageous to be unseen, although it is most often rather wearing on the nerves.

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I am one of the most irresponsible beings that ever lived. Irresponsibility is part of my invisibility; any way you face it, it is a denial. But to whom can I be responsible, and why should I be, when you refuse to see me?
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