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“La enfermedad, como la muerte, la guerra, la ruina, tiene el poder de devolver al ser humano el sentido de las proporciones. Con ella volvemos a contemplarnos como lo que en el fondo somos: un tumultuoso montón de vísceras y músculos y huesos.”

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El prestigio de la belleza

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