Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which child…

Albert Camus
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Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which children are tortured. But we can reduce the number of tortured children. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays, p.73, Vintage
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Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which children are tortured. But we can reduce the number of tortured children. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). Resistance, Rebellion, and Death: Essays, p.73, Vintage

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