With some pain, I'm imagining being a big deal and wanting to be a bigger deal ... but holy shit I'm in a prison made of other people's perceptions.
Or, less dramatically, a douchebag.
Terrifying!
We all are prisoners. The only question is how well we recognize which prisons hold us.
Or, as DFW said, everybody worships.
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We all are prisoners. The only question is how well we recognize which prisons hold us.
You're right! I have not shaken off worship, nor would I want to.
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