A Quote by George Howe Colt
... it is possible for even the most deeply disturbed and desperately unbalanced among us to be a beautiful person.
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If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people and with violent material. I don't regret having concerned myself with such people, because I think that most of us are disturbed.
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