We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emot…

Alan Watts
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We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society. ✨ Alan Watts (2011). The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, p.50, Souvenir Press
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