So far as I can tell, most worthwhile pleasures on this earth slip between gratifying another and gratifying oneself. So — Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts
So far as I can tell, most worthwhile pleasures on this earth slip between gratifying another and gratifying oneself. So — Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts
So far as I can tell, most worthwhile pleasures on this earth slip between gratifying another and gratifying oneself. So — Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts
So far as I can tell, most worthwhile pleasures on this earth slip between gratifying another and gratifying oneself. So — Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts
So far as I can tell, most worthwhile pleasures on this earth slip between gratifying another and gratifying oneself. So — Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts
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So far as I can tell, most worthwhile pleasures on this earth slip between gratifying another and gratifying oneself. Some would call that an ethics.

— Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts
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