This breakage within us is what makes us human and vulnerable. There is nothing more sinister than someone whose mind seems to be an absolute circle; there is a helpless coldness and a deadly certainty about such a presence.
— John O'Donohue Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong
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