To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need o…

Simone Weil
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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul. ✨ Simone Weil (2003). The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind, p.43, Routledge
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