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Sorrow has the fortunate peculiarity that it preys upon itself. It dies of starvation. Since it is essentially an interruption of habits, it can be replaced by new habits. Constituting, as it does, a void, it is soon filled up by a real horror vacuum.

August Strindberg

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August Strindberg
Age: 63 †
Born: 1849
Born: January 22
Died: 1912
Died: May 14
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