I have always been full of lust – as I am now – but I have always been placing conceptual obstacles in my own path.
– Susan Sontag
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- The destination is only fulfilling when the path is your own; find the courage to blaze your own path, your true expression of essence is at stake. – Jesslyn Wolff
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