A self is a frightening thing to waste, it's the lens through which on…

Diane Ackerman
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A self is a frightening thing to waste, it's the lens through which one's whole life is viewed, and few people are willing to part with it, in death, or even imaginatively, in art. ✨ Diane Ackerman (2004). An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain, p.225, Simon and Schuster
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A self is a frightening thing to waste, it's the lens through which one's whole life is viewed, and few people are willing to part with it, in death, or even imaginatively, in art. ✨ Diane Ackerman (2004). An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain, p.225, Simon and Schuster

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