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"I don't mind cleaning up the mess that some other folks made, that's what I signed up to do"
"Your mind is like a sponge, in the sense that it would come in handy when cleaning off a countertop or something like that."
"Cleaning isn't all that interesting to me. I'm disorganized."
"In a well-run mental household there ought to be a thorough cleaning at the threshold of consciousness a few times a year."
"The ritual was very important to me: cleaning the pot, rolling the pot."
"If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean."
"The disgust with dirt can be so great that it keeps us from cleaning ourselves--from "justifying" ourselves."