My assumption is that fundamentally the picture of the human animal, as developed by Freud, is largely right.
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- Author's profession: Historian
- Nationality: american
- Born: June 20, 1923
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But you can't give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do the stronger they get. Until they're strong enough to run into the woods. Or fly into a tree. Then a taller tree. Then the sky. That's how you'll end up Mr. Bell. If you let yourself love a wild thing. You'll end up looking at the sky.
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