Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that worked on others count for nothing in that very well-lit back alley where one keeps assignations with oneself: no winning smiles will do here, no prettily drawn list of good intentions. - Joan Didion

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Joan Didion: "Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that worked on others count for nothing in that very well-lit back alley where one keeps assignations with oneself: no winning smiles will do here, no prettily drawn list of good intentions."

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Alley	Assignations	Back	Count
Deception	Difficult	Drawn	Good
Intentions	Keeps	List	Most
Nothing	Notwithstanding	Oneself	Others
Platitudes	Prettily	Remains	Selfdeception
Smiles	Tricks	Very	Welllit
Where	Winning	Worked

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