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The Monster of Florence

by Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)

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Nov 27, 2014 06:52AM

“Human wisdom has advanced to the point where man can construct satellites. And yet man in his wisdom cannot find a way to rescue and old woman in Vietnam from her tragic plight. We can't wait to find out what the pockmarked face of the far side of the moon loks like, but we have no time to consider what meaning those wrinkles of sorrow etched deep into tha face of an old woman may have for us”
― Daisaku Ikeda, Glass Children and Other Essays

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“One of the greatest tragedies in life is to lose your own sense of self and accept the version of you that is expected by everyone else.”
― K.L. Toth

tags: confusion, identity, loss, mask, philosophy, sadness, self, sense-of-self, tragedy

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