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People don't know. We don't know ourselves so we tell ourselves what we really know is other people. We could say the depth of pain we feel for the lovers who've left us is because we knew them so well.
People don't know. We don't know ourselves so we tell ourselves what we really know is other people. We could say the depth of pain we feel for the lovers who've left us is because we knew them so well.
Approximate author period: c. 1976 AD · modern
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- Emma Forrest
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- Approximate author period: c. 1976 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Emma Forrest: documented birth year 1976; activity date not established. Wikidata Q3724640, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3724640 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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