The way we work, the way we talk, the way we watch television or walk down the street, even the way we fuck, or maybe that especially—each of those is part of the problem of identity. We can't do any of those things authentically until we find out who we really are and be that person, inside and out, instead of the person other people want us to be. Usually those other people, if they want us to be something we aren't, are using us as a laboratory for working out their own identity problems.


Emancipation: A Romance of the Times to Come (1971)

Thomas M. Disch Quotes

The way we work, the way we talk, the way we watch television or walk down the street, even the way we fuck, or maybe that especially—each of those ...

The way we work, the way we talk, the way we watch television or walk down the street, even the way we fuck, or maybe that especially—each of those ...

The way we work, the way we talk, the way we watch television or walk down the street, even the way we fuck, or maybe that especially—each of those ...

The way we work, the way we talk, the way we watch television or walk down the street, even the way we fuck, or maybe that especially—each of those ...