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“Our projections make angels and demons out of people, who stand as proxies for the emotions we might otherwise be incapable or expressing. And when an angel dies, we are overwhelmed with grief, not just, or even primarily, for the one who has dies, but for ourselves.”

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Book:A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues
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