Bears Quote by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

“People are terrible. They can bear anything. Anything! People are hard and brutal. And everyone is disposable. Everyone! That's the lesson.” quote by Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Download Open image

“People are terrible. They can bear anything. Anything! People are hard and brutal. And everyone is disposable. Everyone! That's the lesson.”

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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