Christina Stead Quotes

We are primitive men; we taboo what we desire and need. How did the denying of love come to be associated with the idea of morality.

Christina Stead

• Love
• Idea
• Morality
• Primitive
• Denying

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• We are primitive men; we taboo what we desire and need. How did the denying of love come to be associated with the idea of morality.

  

  Christina Stead
  • Love
  • Idea
  • Morality