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Etty Hillesum: Become simple and...

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Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don't make ripples all around you, don't try to be interesting, keep your distance, be honest, fight the desire to be thought fascinating by the outside world.

Source: An interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941-1943, 1983.
-- Etty Hillesum, (Jan 15 1914-1943), Dutch lawyer, writer; She is remembered for An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943; died in Auschwitz, 1943.


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