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““People like to hear words like pleasure and decadent. They think of Roman orgies or chocolate””

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“One nurse thought I was "brave." I think she was talking about my steely-eyed, grin-and-bear-it kind of attitude. There were no tears, no complaints…

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“We lawyers are all prestige whores”

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“I'm not unhappy, for the most part, although I do think there is a certain emptiness and meaningless that I feel, sort of like…

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“It was too late, though: I was already too smart for the therapist. Or maybe I was never amenable to therapy. Either way, I…

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“(Sociopaths are highly immune to depression, and this ability to tell ourselves wonderful stories about how attractive, smart, and wily we are, and to…

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“Many sociopaths use the shortcut of “anything goes,” or “I am only in it for me.” These sociopaths have decided that the rational way…

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“I often wish I could just passively watch people without being expected to participate myself, like television.”

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