Nature is so exact, it hurts exactly as much as it is worth, so in a w…

Julian Barnes
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Nature is so exact, it hurts exactly as much as it is worth, so in a way one relishes the pain. If it didn't matter, it wouldn't matter. ✨ Julian Barnes: The sense of another ending. Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. March 30, 2013.
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