Dark Room

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The idea of the False Self was put forward by R. D. Laing, adapting some theories of Jean-Paul Sartre. The false self was an artificially created self-image designed to concur with expectations, while the true self remained hidden and protected.

Killing for Company, Brian Masters

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With her sharp little face set in lines of dissatisfaction, the twelve-year-old girl sat up and searched for her knickers among the forest leaves. It had finally begun to dawn on her that sex with Bobby Franklyn wasn't all it could be. She put on her shoes and kicked him hard. "Get up, Bobby," she snapped. "It's your turn to find the bloody dog."

He rolled over onto his back. "In a minute," he muttered sleepily.

"No, now. Mum'll skin me alive if Rex gets home before me again. She's not stupid, you know." She stood up and dug the heel of her shoe into his naked thigh, twisting it back and forth in a childish desire to hurt. "Get up."

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