To be a human being is to be in a state of tension between your appetites and your dreams, and the social realities around you and your obligations to your fellow man. (John Updike)

To be a human being is to be in a state of tension between your appetites and your dreams, and the social realities around you and your obligations to your fellow man.

John Updike

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