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Adversity Quote by Bell Hooks

“We often cause ourselves suffering by wanting only to live…” quote by Bell Hooks — Download Open image

“We often cause ourselves suffering by wanting only to live in a world of valleys, a world without struggle and difficulty, a world that is flat, plain, consistent.”

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