What do you think of this quote from the novel The Secret History?

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“Although I can go off on a wild whimsical tangent with the best of the Romantics, in my heart I have a Classical mind: narrow, unhesitating, relentlessly focused in pursuit of a single driving goal.”

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1stranger | 81 opinions shared on Girl's Behavior topic.
Yoda

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Says that ownmind is responsible for his/her actions.
Wants to listen to own soul/heart/conscience, but cannot.
A gentle, soft and very closed, intense psychological expression... like a confession of regret

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Is this still revelant?
- WhiteShoulder
  
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  Thank you :-)
  
  Yeah, I guess regret about sums it up.

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billyboy37
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this person is tempted by someone who is feeling the same way and pursuing the writer but the writer is married, doing great and won't screw it up and proud of it.. but its hard

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- WhiteShoulder
  
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  I like it
EmbraceThePain | 180 opinions shared on Girl's Behavior topic.
Guru

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To me, it means that this person can occupy or entertain multiple predispositions, he/she is more inclined or prefers a more singular, focused, or specialized path.

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Is this still revelant?
- WhiteShoulder
  
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  I agree

What Girls & Guys Said

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Iuse2hands
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I haven't read the book.
There is a lot being said with a little.

The short version... I can keep up/hold my own with/against the best of them, but I prefer to go about it my way for what I want.

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- WhiteShoulder
  
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  Thanks
TadCurious | 505 opinions shared on Girl's Behavior topic.
Master

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What's interesting to me is that the speaker is locating his or her Classical mind in his or her heart. That's an unusual formulation.

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- WhiteShoulder
  
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  That was me lol. I forgot the original line, so I improvised.
Jjpayne | 670 opinions shared on Girl's Behavior topic.
Master

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I think it is a romantic type quote in and of itself. It shows he has a healthy balanced mind

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- WhiteShoulder
  
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  Totally
Adamant4fun
Xper 3

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Thats a good thing surely. X

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- WhiteShoulder
  
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  I agree
Silent_Eyes
Xper 7

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Sounds way too romantic.

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- WhiteShoulder
  
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  That's why I like it
vald9inches | 344 opinions shared on Girl's Behavior topic.
Guru

1 y

Sounds like an interesting super power

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- WhiteShoulder
  
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  True lol
- vald9inches
  
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  😂🤣🤣
Jerre | 222 opinions shared on Girl's Behavior topic.
Guru

1 y

It makes me think too hard

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- WhiteShoulder
  
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  There's a scene in Robert Ludlum's novel The Icarus Agenda about a guy who loses his hardon while he's fucking this hot chick cause he can't stop thinking about political intrigue.
- Jerre
  
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  That will NEVER happen to me. When I am fucking, that is ALL I am thinking about
- WhiteShoulder
  
  1 y
  Nice 😊
red_knight | 79 opinions shared on Girl's Behavior topic.
Yoda

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Nice quote.. Feels naturally honest

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- WhiteShoulder
  
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  I like it too
- red_knight
  
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  There's a graceful sweet vibe to it.. Its a personality trait I'd be very attracted to if there was a girl I knew like this
- WhiteShoulder
  
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  The speaker is a guy, but I picked this quote cause it applies to me too
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- red_knight
  
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  Fantastic.. Speaker is irrelevant, what matters is what he describes
- WhiteShoulder
  
  1 y
  Very true
DanOh2018
Yoda

1 y

Sounds like a Southern gentleman villian.

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- WhiteShoulder
  
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  Interesting. Thanks 😊.
Exorcist_Rampage
Yoda

1 y

Sounds pretty well thought out.

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- WhiteShoulder
  
  1 y
  True
nerms123 | 677 opinions shared on Girl's Behavior topic.
Guru

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I’m the opposite lol

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- WhiteShoulder
  
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  Awesome :-)
Lemia
Explorer

1 y

Very Romantic

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- WhiteShoulder
  
  1 y
  Thank you 💗
ravagesavage | 170 opinions shared on Girl's Behavior topic.
Yoda

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Sounds like a virgin

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- ravagesavage
  
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  A 40 year old virgin tbh
- WhiteShoulder
  
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  Interesting. The speaker is actually a 20 year old guy who has been laid before, but I was using the quote to illustrate the diff between the Classical and Romantic mindsets. Nothing to do with sex.
  
  I like your version though 😊
TotallyAlmost
Yoda

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Words to live by ;)

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- WhiteShoulder
  
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  Totally lol

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