me, after buying things for myself and trying not to feel guilty about it: *through gritted teeth* s-self care
cop: are you high?
me: hello, am i what?
cop: high
me: hello
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Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.
— C.S. Lewis
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It is best to keep and observe the advice of Saint Paul: if you cannot remain pure, Saint Paul teaches you to conduct yourself with discretion, so that no one can criticize, blame, or reproach you. It is best to silence an evil tongue, and, if you’ve no objections, I believe I know a way to do so. My plan is to pretend to die.
— Chrétien de Troyes