The lines we draw that make us who we are are potent by virtue of being non-negotiable, and even, at some level, indefensible. Sally will not wear synthetics. That's who she is. Billy won't touch eggs. That's Billy for you. To apologise for your personal absolutes, for what Sandy Pinter calls your "Core Attachments," means apologising for your very existence.
Ryan Bingham (in Walter Kirn's Up In The Air)
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