Monday, August 28, 2023

Intrinsic worth

To have that sense of one’s intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect
    is potentially to have everything:
        the ability to discriminate, to love, and to remain indifferent.

                     Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem

 

 

 

 

 

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