73% done with War and Peace

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Being selfless means just that: being selfless. Maria, though she worries continually at being a sinner (which, like all of us, she is), acts selflessly, Sonia tries to be selfless but with the idea of being rewarded for it – that is not selfless behavior, it’s selfish and deceitful. Not that Sonia is a bad person, her circumstance of being only a cousin makes her an outsider at home so I do understand her