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I was constantly watching myself, my secret self, as dependent on my actions as my own personality

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Joseph Conrad
Age: 66 †
Born: 1857
Born: December 3
Died: 1924
Died: August 3
Author
Autobiographer
Essayist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Berdichev
Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
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Constantly
Watching
Personality
Secret
Action
Self
Dependent

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