On not belonging to a club

[supergee]

It’s not just that everybody wants to be in a secret club. It’s that everybody wants to have the righteousness of being excluded from some secret club

rm on the YA version

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[oursin]

I am reminded of the lovely perception by my beloved Dame Rebecca West:

She had reached the stage through which many artists pass, when they feel themselves lone beasts persecuted by the herd and take such fierce defensive measures that presently the herd itself feels like a lone beast persecuted by a monster.

[supergee]

Lovely indeed.