Outside are hatred, competition, morals elevated to the status of ethics, prejudices elevated to the status of morals, whims elevated to the status of prejudices, all things with which I am wearily familiar, the classic symptoms of disease.


“If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself or even less in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight.”
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“You," he said, "are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world, and that, I believe, is why you are in so much pain.”
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
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