Doom Quote by Ernest Becker

“It is fateful and ironic how the lie we need in order to live dooms us to a life that is never really ours.” quote by Ernest Becker — Download Open image

“It is fateful and ironic how the lie we need in order to live dooms us to a life that is never really ours.”

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