It is fateful and ironic how the lie we need in order to live dooms us to a life that is never really ours.

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It is fateful and ironic how the lie we need in order to live dooms us to a life that is never really ours. - Ernest Becker

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It is fateful and ironic how the lie we need in order to live dooms us to a life that is never really ours. - Eno Barony quotes