From LRC in 2003:
The Suck of Self
One of my favorite quotes is this one by Walker Percy (though it is too cynical): “How can the great suck of self ever hope to be a fat cat dozing in the sun?”, from The Second Coming (more text).
[Posted at 09/12/03 04:02 PM by Stephan Kinsella on LewRockwell.com 
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