Right person Quote by Gideon Lewis-Kraus

“This is perhaps what we lose in the absence of calendrical rite: We lean too heavily on the fantasy of one salvific ordeal, just like we lean too heavily on the fantasy that the right person will finally make us happy or whole.” quote by Gideon Lewis-Kraus — Download Open image

““This is perhaps what we lose in the absence of calendrical rite: We lean too heavily on the fantasy of one salvific ordeal, just like we lean too heavily on the fantasy that the right person will finally make us happy or whole.””

Gideon Lewis-Kraus

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