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Stories of Your Life and Others

by Ted Chiang

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Feb 08, 2026 12:14PM

“There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: blame, guilt

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