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Love, sought as an escape from the burden of the self, turns rapidly into a captivity.

Hugh MacLennan

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Hugh MacLennan
Age: 83 †
Born: 1907
Born: March 20
Died: 1990
Died: November 7
Author
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Writer
Glace Bay
Nova Scotia
John Hugh MacLennan
Rapidly
Sought
Escape
Burden
Turns
Self
Love
Captivity

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