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“Freedom guides our actions in powerful ways. I hadn't been so much under the external control of other people as my own rigid belief system. The one that told me to conform to a set of rules. I hadn't even thought through and honestly considered whether it was a good choice or not.”

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Book:Mere Sense: A Memoir of Men, Migraine, and the Mysteries of Being Highly Sensitive

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