Yet the harder he fought to find this the more distant it became. The more he struggled against the pressures the more imprisoned he became. The more… - Hubert Selby Jr.

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Yet the harder he fought to find this the more distant it became. The more he struggled against the pressures the more imprisoned he became. The more enmeshed he became in their conflicting directions. the further he was tugged in opposite directions that kept him immobile. And the harder he fought for movement, any movement, the more stationary became his position, the more painful his existence.