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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions reality can be att

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. – Simone Weil

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Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication. – Simone Weil

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Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty. – Simone Weil

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