“I think my life would be easier, she said,
if I could just get my selves to agree on something.”
Brian Andreas (1956) American artist
Source: Still Mostly True
“My answer to this dilemma was self-discipline. I figured I could just make myself do good things, think good thoughts about other people, but that was no easier than walking up to a complete stranger and falling in love with them. I could go through the motions for a while, but sooner or later my heart would testify to its true love: darkness. Then I would get up and try again. The cycle was dehumanizing.”
Blue Like Jazz (2003, Nelson Books)
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