I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense. (Harold Brodkey)

I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.

Harold Brodkey

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