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Chapter 30
But don't forget that you don't absolutely
have to go to law school or medical school or business school,
2 because if what you really want is things,
3 fIt's still perfectly okay to find one of them who
has the wherewithal to buy a twenty-carat ring,
4 gAnd a twenty-million-dollar estate on the Main Line,
5 And you don't have to feel guilty for even a second if you decide to
get married,
6 Because let's face it,
7 hMarriage is a kind of temporary insanity that sneaks up on
almost everyone, sooner or later,
8 And there's nothing all that wrong with it,
9 Especially if all you desire is to order the help around,
10 And go shopping,
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Psong.26.1-4
g. 12.9
h. Zig.6.2-3
i. Ned.32.10
j. Hill.O.1-3
k. Psp.2.10
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11 and to lunch with other Mawrites just like yourself,
12 iEven if they're a lot more petty and backbiting and shallow
and materialistic than you are,
13 Because you're all in this together,
14 jAs the oppressed Others in this world always are,
15 And if you should become trivial and avaricious and frigid and mean,
16 It is absolutely not your fault,
17 Any of it,
18 kBecause they are to blame,
19 And you are not responsible,
20 No matter who gets hurt.
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