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""This [worrying over mentioning Maxim's past] was the hypersensitive behavior of a neurotic, not the normal happy self I knew myself to be." Fascinating self-image from the most anxious narrator I've ever read. The 'normal happy self' meaning the version of herself she fantasizes about? Like the happy wedding ceremony she imagined in detail before she insisted to Maxim that of course she didn't expect a ceremony?" — Jun 21, 2026 08:45AM
""This [worrying over mentioning Maxim's past] was the hypersensitive behavior of a neurotic, not the normal happy self I knew myself to be." Fascinating self-image from the most anxious narrator I've ever read. The 'normal happy self' meaning the version of herself she fantasizes about? Like the happy wedding ceremony she imagined in detail before she insisted to Maxim that of course she didn't expect a ceremony?" — Jun 21, 2026 08:45AM
“If sleep represents the high point of bodily relaxation, deep boredom is the peak of mental relaxation. A purely hectic rush produces nothing new. It reproduces and accelerates what is already available.”
― The Burnout Society
― The Burnout Society
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