thomas hainbuch

“Although to be driven back upon oneself is an uneasy affair at best, rather like trying to cross a border with borrowed credentials, it seems to me now the one condition necessary to the beginning of self-respect. Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count for nothing in that very well-lit back alley where one keeps assignations with oneself: no winning smiles will do here, no prettily drawn lists of good intentions.”
― Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem

“Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.”
― Alain de Botton