Our responsibility to ourselves comes first -- because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others!
Phyllis BottomeA desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source.
Phyllis BottomeI wonder how often not the intention but the desire springs up in a doctor's mind: 'Can I let this human being out of the trap of Life?
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