"I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt."

God, Gods, Guilt, Parents

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"I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt."

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"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."

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William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

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Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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