We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality. (Elizabeth Gilbert)

We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentment and mortality.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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