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Enero 26, 2006

the basis of shame...

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone.

Milan Kundera, from Immortality

Posted by sarita at Enero 26, 2006 11:43 PM