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We are full of words whose true meaning we haven't been taught, and one of those words is suffering. Another is the word death. We don't know what they mean, but we use them, and this is a mystery.
Alessandro Baricco
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Alessandro Baricco
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 25
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