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Rebecca West Novelist, Journalist
Mere

"The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one has merely lived."

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Simone Weil Philosopher, Activist
Mere

"We possess nothing in the world - a mere chance can strip us of everything - except the power to say 'I."

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Homer Poet
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"We battle on in words, as always, mere words, and what's the cure? We cannot find a thing."

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