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bookbear express help-self bridging the gap love, closeness, alienation Hans Hofmann, The Conjurer (Small Version), 1946 So much of loving someone is entrusting them with your messiest emotions. You’re surprised when I pout like a child despite knowing that it’s unnecessary, embarrassing. But when I’m happiest I don’t suppress my range. The older I get, the more I feel capable of honoring the social contract as I understand it—of being gracious, polite, understanding, communicative, direct with a variety of different people in a variety of different situations. All of it feels so…
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