My grandfather had been the ugliest, darkest, foulest, most depraved figure of my childhood, more beast than human, and I had grown up to be him, locked in the basement with my secrets as the rest of the family reveled in the petty and ordinary upstairs. Down there, I saw my black, ancient, ineluctable core exposed, like a crab forced out of its shell--dirty, vulnerable, and obscene. For the first time in my life, I was truly alone. Marilyn Manson
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"My grandfather had been the ugliest, darkest, foulest, most depraved figure of my childhood, more beast than human, and I had grown up to be him, locked in the basement with my secrets as the rest of the family reveled in the petty and ordinary upstairs. Down there, I saw my black, ancient, ineluctable core exposed, like a crab forced out of its shell--dirty, vulnerable, and obscene." David Foster Wallace's essay "Consider the Lobster" explains how when you are young you are often afraid to be yourself because you are afraid that others will not accept you for who you really are. This fear only grows as you grow older and life becomes more difficult. This fear can actually be a great motivator because it gives people a reason to keep trying and to keep fighting against what is stopping them from being who they truly want to be.

Source: The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell

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