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Jenny Holzer Quotes: How do you resign yourself to something that will never be? You stop wanting just that thing. You go numb. Or you kill the agent of desire.
         

How do you resign yourself to something that will never be? You stop wanting just that thing. You go numb. Or you kill the agent of desire.


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This page presents the quote "How do you resign yourself to something that will never be? You stop wanting just that thing. You go numb. Or you kill the agent of desire.". Author of this quote is Jenny Holzer. This quote is about agents, desire, numb,.