"I don't have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind."

Robert Jay Lifton, American Psychologist

Books, Feeling, Mind

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"I don't have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind."

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"I don't have the feeling that as a very young person I read books that absolutely made their mark on my mind."

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