The main motive for nonattachment is a desire to escape from the pain …

George Orwell
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The main motive for nonattachment is a desire to escape from the pain of living, and above all from love, which, sexual or non-sexual, is hard work. ✨ George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays, p.358, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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The main motive for nonattachment is a desire to escape from the pain of living, and above all from love, which, sexual or non-sexual, is hard work. ✨ George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays, p.358, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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