To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

Joan Didion
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  1. Character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life – is the source from which self-respect springs.

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  5. Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?

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