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“To photograph people is to violate them, by seeing them as they never see themselves, by having knowledge of them they can never have; it turns people into objects that can be symbolically possessed.”
― Susan Sontag, On Photography

“One of the troubles is this: the heart isn't heart-shaped.”
― Julian Barnes

“When we fall in love, we hope - both egotistically and altruistically - that we shall be finally, truly seen: judged and approved. Of course, love does not always bring approval: being seen may just as well lead to a thumbs-down and a season in hell.”
― Julian Barnes, Nothing to Be Frightened Of

“You have to die a few times before you can really
live.”
― Charles Bukowski, The People Look Like Flowers at Last