I'd rather be myself, he said. Myself and nasty. Not somebody else, ho…

Aldous Huxley
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I'd rather be myself, he said. Myself and nasty. Not somebody else, however jolly. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1950). The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world
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