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Hello.

Sigmund Freud once said, quote, creative writers are valuable allies, and their evidence

is to be prized highly, for they are apt to know a whole host of things between heaven

and earth, of which our philosophy has not yet let us dream.

In their knowledge of the mind, they are far in advance of us everyday people.

And quote, respect for writers, admiration for their talents, and in his own works, an

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