It is in our relations with other people that we gain a sense of ourselves; it's that, pretty much, that makes relations with other people unbearable. (Michel Houellebecq)

It is in our relations with other people that we gain a sense of ourselves; it's that, pretty much, that makes relations with other people unbearable.

Michel Houellebecq

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