Frightened Quote by Gertrude Stein

“To know what one knows is frightening to live what one lives is soothing and though everybody likes to be frightened what they really have to have is soothing.” quote by Gertrude Stein — Download Open image

“To know what one knows is frightening to live what one lives is soothing and though everybody likes to be frightened what they really have to have is soothing.”

Gertrude Stein

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