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Beyond the wounds of the child and the scars of the man, there is something in the heart of love itself that makes love pathetic.

Philip Rieff

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Philip Rieff
Age: 83 †
Born: 1922
Born: December 15
Died: 2006
Died: July 1
Cultural Critic
Sociologist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Rieff
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Children
Heart
Scars
Something
Pathetic
Men
Scar
Love
Wounds
Beyond
Child

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