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It's not that i'm a very good person. it's that i think i should at least look at the ways in which i am not a good person, the ways in which i so readily become the person who would not notice that the wonderful clothing i'm wearing someone is probably dying for.
-Jamaica Kincaid
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It's Not That I'm A Very Good

Jamaica Kincaid
It's not that i'm a very good person. it's that i think i should at least look at the ways in which i am not a good person, the ways in which i so readily become the person who would not notice that the wonderful clothing i'm wearing someone is probably dying for.
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