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[defdumbandblind]

“I have been long enough wandering through the shadows of other people’s lives- the violence, the betrayals and the hurt- to be aware of the power of guilt. It is often a malignant power, for it is those desirous of the good who feel it most and, when they do, it can intimidate them into conformity with natures smaller than their own. It can make them so ashamed of themselves that they condone the shameful act of others. Self-contempt leaves you ill-equipped to challenge the immorality of anyone else.”

~William McIlvanney; Strange Loyalties