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I enjoyed the innocence of unhappiness and of helplessness could I blame myself for a sin which attracted me, which flooded me with pleasure precisely to the extent it brought me to despair?

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Georges Bataille
Age: 64 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 10
Died: 1962
Died: July 9
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Drawer
Librarian
Philosopher
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Bilhom
Pierre Angélique
George Bataille
Joruju Bataiyu
G. Bataiyu
Lord Auch
Pierre Angelique
Innocence
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Enjoyed
Despair
Flooded
Blame
Helplessness
Brought
Attracted
Sin
Unhappiness
Pleasure
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