Although she had matured physically, Rosemary remained as emotionally and intellectually immature as a barely adolescent girl. Her friends and acquaintances, by contrast, had grown into mature young men and women. Fitting back into their lives would be difficult at best.

–Rosemary

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A quotation from Lee, Harper:

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“They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions,” said Atticus, “but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/lee-harper/2419/

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A quotation from Schopenhauer, Arthur:

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The worst of what is called good society is not only that it offers us the companionship of people who are unable to win either our praise or our affection, but that it does not allow of our being that which we naturally are; it compels us, for the sake of harmony, to shrivel up, or even alter our shape al…
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Citation, sourcing, notes: https://wist.info/schopenhauer-arthur/3464/

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Today, the long shadow of the Schelm returns as the encryption of the contrarian influencers’ allure to the resentful. These minds are fueled with dreams not unlike Miller’s that emboldend him, albeit magnanimously, to immigrate alone to a strange country. 6/7 [#crypsis #pattern #shadow #traum #trauma #immigration #imposter #fittingin #passing #assimilation]