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Sometimes pain is easier to bear alone than happiness.

Nathaniel Branden

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Nathaniel Branden
Age: 84 †
Born: 1930
Born: April 9
Died: 2014
Died: December 3
Academic
Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Happiness
Pain
Sometimes
Bear
Bears
Easier
Alone

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