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“I went on to discover that in its deepest sense, the will is not primarily the faculty of desire for anything known, but rather, the desire for something unknown, animate desire for something that lies beyond ourselves, a longing for something we know is missing in us.”

Quote by Bernadette Roberts

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Bernadette Roberts

Bernadette Roberts, born in 1931, is a mysterious artist whose life and artistic achievements remain largely unknown. more

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