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A sad person who is so involved with his sadness that he mistakes it for reality will have a hard time seeing himself as anything but sad. For him, the sadness is not a feeling that he experiences - it is him.
Mary Gaitskill
Mary Gaitskill
Mary Gaitskill
Born: Nov 11, 1954

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Sad, Time, Reality, Sadness, Will, Feeling, Mistakes, Seeing, He, Involved, Him, Himself, His, Person, Experiences, Anything, Hard, Who, Hard Time

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