Quote by Primo Levi

I live in my house as I live inside my skin: I know more beautiful, more ample, more sturdy and more picturesque skins: but it would seem to me unnatural to exchange them for mine.

I live in my house as I live inside my skin: I know more bea

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This quote suggests that the speaker is content with their own life and identity, comparing it to living inside their own house and skin. Although they acknowledge the existence of other people who may have more attractive or impressive lives, they feel it would be unnatural or undesirable to trade their own experience for someone else's. The quote highlights the value of self-acceptance and the idea that one should appreciate their own circumstances rather than coveting what others have.

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