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I like to serve; I do not like to be a slave; slave to my past, slave to my future plans, slave to my faith, to my doubt, to my hatred, or to my love.
If I like to serve, whether a creature or a thought, and to renounce myself through love, I intend that the lease, freely consented to, should be constantly renewable and that reason or love should constantly dictate the clauses to me anew." '

- André Gide, from a journal entry featured in The Journals Of Andre Gide Vol II 1914-1927