Suffering is dysfunctional, except as a bodily warning against danger. Psychologically and socially it's merely destructive. (Ursula K. Le Guin)

Suffering is dysfunctional, except as a bodily warning against danger. Psychologically and socially it's merely destructive.

Ursula K. Le Guin

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