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Why did children seem to be so often spontaneous, joy-filled and concentrated while adults seemed controlled, anxiety-filled and diffused? It was the Goddam sense of having a self.

Luke Rhinehart

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Luke Rhinehart
Age: 87 †
Born: 1932
Born: November 15
Died: 2020
Died: November 6
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
George Cockcroft
George Powers Cockcroft
Sense
Controlled
Seems
Anxiety
Self
Seemed
Adults
Children
Filled
Goddam
Seem
Diffused
Joy
Concentrated
Often
Spontaneous

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