You beat the liver out of a goose to get a pâté; you pound the muscles of a man's cardia to get a philosopher. (Djuna Barnes)

You beat the liver out of a goose to get a pâté; you pound the muscles of a man's cardia to get a philosopher.

Djuna Barnes

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