We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, "I am suffering,” than to say, "This landscape is ugly. (Simone Weil)

We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, "I am suffering,” than to say, "This landscape is ugly.

Simone Weil

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