“To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing.”

—  Dorothy Thompson

The quote "To have felt too much is to end in feeling nothing." is famous quote attributed to Dorothy Thompson (1893–1961), American journalist and radio broadcaster.

A comment regarding her divorce from Sinclair Lewis, quoted by Vincent Sheean in Dorothy and Red (1963)

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American journalist and radio broadcaster 1893–1961

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