The shame that tormented me was all the more corrosive for having no very clear origin: I didn't know why I felt so tainted, and worthless, and wrong-only that I did, and whenever I looked up from my books I was swamped by slimy waters rushing in from all sides.
There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.
Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.
Nobody likes tainted victories.
