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“I never got to know the who was the man behind the man I thought my father was. I knew the lawyer only but had never ever seen or met or lived with the pianist. And it kills me still today to not have known and spoken to the pianist. The person I knew was his second self. I suspect we have first selves and second delves and perhaps third, fourth, and fifth selves and many more in between.” — André Aciman
I never got to know the who was the man behind the man I thought my father was. I knew the lawyer only but had never ever seen or met or lived with the pianist. And it kills me still today to not have known and spoken to the pianist. The person I knew was his second self. I suspect we have first selves and second delves and perhaps third, fourth, and fifth selves and many more in between.