I began to experience the most powerful advantage of money: the ability to think of things besides money.
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In knowing the ground was not ground at all, I hoped I could stand on it.
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But sometimes I think we choose our illnesses, because they benefit us in some way.
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When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?
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I had come to believe that the ability to evaluate many ideas, many histories, many points of view, was at the heart of what it means to self-create. If I yielded now, I would lose more than an argument. I would lose custody of my own mind.
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Why it’s better to think yourself lazy than think yourself in distress, I’m not sure.
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But vindication has no power over guilt. No amount of anger or rage directed at others can subdue it, because guilt is never about them. Guilt is the fear of one’s own wretchedness. It has nothing to do with other people.
