Ego Quotes by Jami Attenberg

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And we all get mired in the bullshit, the personality quirks, the personality disorders (ours and everyone else's), the jealousy, the disappointment, the blocks, the financial struggle, our egos, I do it too, I do it too, but if you…

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“mostly I have found myself resisting their sadness when I have so much of my own.”

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