How easy it is, treachery. You just slide into it. - Margaret Atwood

You refuse to own yourself, you permit others to do it for you

Once in a while, Jimmy would make up a word but he never once got caught out. ... He should have been pleased by his success with these verbal fabrications, but instead he was depressed by it. The memos telling him he'd done a good job meant nothing to him; all they proved was that no one was capable of appreciating how clever he had been. He came to understand why serial killers sent helpful clues to the police.

Paper isn’t important. It’s the words on them that are important.