My Egotistical Concern Was Less That I Would Fail To Relate To My Classmates Than That They Would Know Nothing Of My Uniquely Tortured Life's Course And, Thus, Me. - SearchQuotes

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My egotistical concern was less that I would fail to relate to my classmates than that they would know nothing of my uniquely tortured life's course and, thus, me.

John Thorn

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