It's just as good without context.

"It's fine to like men, any number of men, as long as you still like yourself."
Ouch. Somebody in that book has gotten burned by men, apparently.

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So much so that they actually have to remind themselves that liking other people is not exclusionary with liking one's self? That would make an interesting character, constantly swinging from the "Jesus first, others second, myself dead last" mindset to the "look out for number one and screw everybody else" mindset and actually needing to be told that there's a middle ground. I've known people like that, so it seems realistic to me.

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I think I've climbed that hill and been to that restaurant. But the rest of the setting seems less urban than I recall. :)

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