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How sick one gets of being good, how much I should respect myself

How sick one gets of being good, how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours embody selfishness. – Alice James

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The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape. – Alice James

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One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. – Alice James

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