“The need to go astray, to be destroyed, is an extremely private, distant, passionate, turbulent truth.”
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Georges Bataille68
French intellectual and literary figure 1897–1962Related quotes
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Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Le anime lontane ma unite dal destino accorciano le distanze, aumentano la tensione fondendosi in un'unica ed intensa passione.
Source: prevale.net
