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“Could it be because it reminds us that we are alive, of our mortality, of our individual souls- which, after all, we are too afraid to surrender but yet make us feel more miserable than any other thing? But isnt it also pain that often makes us most aware of self? It is a terrible thing to learn as a child that one is a being separate from the world, that no one and no thing hurts along with ones burned tongues and skinned knees, that ones aches and pains are all one’s own. Even more terrible, as we grow old, to learn that no person, no matter how beloved, can ever truly understand us. Our own selves make us most unhappy, and thats why were so anxious to lose them, dont you think?” ― Donna Tartt, The Secret History
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:50:13 +0000

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