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The saddest thing in the world was that human beings, for all their ardent striving and desire, could never achieve physical, emotional, or intellectual perfection. the species was doomed to imperfection; it thrashed forever in despair or denial of that fact.
-Dean Koontz
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The Saddest Thing In The World Was

Dean Koontz
The saddest thing in the world was that human beings, for all their ardent striving and desire, could never achieve physical, emotional, or intellectual perfection. the species was doomed to imperfection; it thrashed forever in despair or denial of that fact.
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