I have to wonder if you’re not being slightly naive here. I mean, are you saying that you want nothing for people? You have no motives? Everybody has motives. Name the person, the circumstances, I’ll name the motive. Even saints have motives — to feel like saints, probably. … But still, the point of any relationship is obtaining something from another person.

I have to wonder if you’re not being slightly naive here. I mean, are you saying that you want nothing for people? You have no motives? Everybody has motives. Name the person, the circumstances, I’ll name the motive. Even saints have motives — to feel like saints, probably. … But still, the point of any relationship is obtaining something from another person.

– Tom Rachman –

The Imperfectionists

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