Brian Masters Quotes

Sometimes imagine that I may have felt that I applied a relieving pressure on a life as a benevolent act, in that the subjects were ultimately free from life’s pain.

Brian Masters

• Life
• Pressure
• Benevolent act

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• Sometimes imagine that I may have felt that I applied a relieving pressure on a life as a benevolent act, in that the subjects were ultimately free from life’s pain.

  

  Brian Masters
  • Life
  • Pressure
  • Benevolent act