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It would be wrong to refuse to face the fact that everything is fundamentally sick and sad.
It would be wrong to refuse to face the fact that everything is fundamentally sick and sad.
Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
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- Thomas Bernhard
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- Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
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