Grief and disappointment are like hate: they make men ugly with self-p…

Graham Greene
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Grief and disappointment are like hate: they make men ugly with self-pity and bitterness. And how selfish they make us too. ✨ Graham Greene (1974). The end of the affair, Vintage
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