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again, it is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has its price. people who respect themselves are willing to accept the risk that the Indians will be hostile, that the venture will go bankrupt, that the liaison may not turn out to be one in which every day is a holiday because you’re married to me.
they are willing to invest something of themselves; they may not play at all, but when they do play, they know the odds.
” —- joan didion on self respect