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We have to recognize that it is a very, very painful thing for people to be exposed to their social community, to be exposed in the world, as not what they would have wanted to be seen as. This is very painful and difficult for people.
Anne Roiphe
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Anne Roiphe
Age: 88
Born: 1935
Born: December 25
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Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror.
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We flashed our feathers when the feathers were fit to be flashed, and now, in drearier days, many stay indoors.
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What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter.
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A person who has no secrets is a liar. We always fold ourselves away from others just enough to preserve a secret or two, something that we cannot share without destroying our inner landscape.
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