“I perceive a necessary gap between seeing and being. I would not be able to have said certain things if I had been under the obligation to unify the word and the deed. As it is I can let my words reach out and net impossible things - things that are impossible for me to do. And this is a way to pay the price for saying or seeing things.”
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Norman O. Brown
Norman O. Brown was an American writer born on September 25, 1913, and died on October 2, 2002. His works primarily explored human psychology, religion, and mythology, and had a profound impact on 20th-century culture and thought. more
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