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title: "4 Encounter Human Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“This is an encounter between the human and the non-human, it is something like a behavior of the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-merleau-ponty/this-is-an-encounter-between-the-human-and-the-non-human-it-is/)

[Maurice Merleau-Ponty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-merleau-ponty/)

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> [Sometimes our light goes out,but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-schweitzer/sometimes-our-light-goes-out-but-is-blown-again-into-instant-flame-by/)

[Albert Schweitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-schweitzer/)

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> [“When approaching a prospective human, first ask them what their name is. \* If it replies "Brains," blow its fucking head off.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etienne-guerin-deforest/when-approaching-a-prospective-human-first-ask-them-what-their-name/)

[Etienne Guerin DeForest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etienne-guerin-deforest/)

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> [When white and black meet today, sometimes there is a ready understanding that there has been an encounter between two human beings.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwendolyn-brooks/when-white-and-black-meet-today-sometimes-there-is-a-ready/)

[Gwendolyn Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwendolyn-brooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/218/gwendolyn-brooks-5624_awareness_when-white-and-black-meet-today-sometime_1745737.png)

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