Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure

Alan Watts
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Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content. ✨ Alan Watts (2011). The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, p.59, Souvenir Press
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Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content. ✨ Alan Watts (2011). The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, p.59, Souvenir Press

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