'loneliness is a tax you have to pay to atone for a certain complexity of mind.'

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atonement | #quote

I am who I make myself to be, and nothing else.
The strange voices tell me otherwise, 
but I know that they're not real -
they never have.

No one is born liking themselves,
nor is anyone born hating themselves either.

I understand this better now.