Karsten Harries Quotes

How easy it is to wax lyrical over despair, to wallow in it, to enjoy it. This too is kitsch

Karsten Harries

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• How easy it is to wax lyrical over despair, to wallow in it, to enjoy it. This too is kitsch

  

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  • Easy
  • Despair
  • Lyrical