Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self …

Aldous Huxley
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Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1993). After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: A Novel, p.111, Ivan R. Dee
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Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1993). After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: A Novel, p.111, Ivan R. Dee

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