If your choices are beautiful, then you will be beautiful. [...] If you are selfish and fragile and superficial, then you are ugly even if it manifests itself in some kind of temporary physical attractiveness.
Burgis argues that the disappearance of traditional rites of passage bodes ill for major life commitments such as marriage, and recounts his personal journey from Wall Street through the Great Books in search of a strong, differentiated self.
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Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.
