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When Inward Life Dries Up, When Feeling Decreases And Apathy Increases, When One Cannot Affect Or Even Genuinely Touch Another Person, Violence Flares Up As A Daimonic Necessity For Contact, A Mad Drive Forcing Touch In The Most Direct Way Possible.

-Rollo May

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When Inward Life Dries Up, When Feeling

Rollo May

When Inward Life Dries Up, When Feeling Decreases And Apathy Increases, When One Cannot Affect Or Even Genuinely Touch Another Person, Violence Flares Up As A Daimonic Necessity For Contact, A Mad Drive Forcing Touch In The Most Direct Way Possible.

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