Is is as if life or reality itself has had it in mind all along to unravel the very design i have been trying all along to impose on it.
We don't like to admit it, but the idea of losing control is one that fascinates controlled people such as ourselves more than almost anything. All truly civilized people _ the ancients no less than us _ have civilized themselves through the wilful repression of the old, animal self.
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We don't like to admit it, but the idea of losing control is one that fascinates controlled people such as ourselves more than almost anything. All truly civilized people _ the ancients no less than us _ have civilized themselves through the wilful repression of the old, animal self.
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