• Democritus plucked his eye out because he could not look at a woman without thinking of her as a woman. If he had read a few of our novels, he would have torn himself to pieces.

  Wallace Stevens
  American poet 1879-1955
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. democritus
2. thinking
3. because
4. without
5. himself
6. pieces

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Democritus plucked his eye out because he could not look at a woman without thinking of her as a woman. If he had read a few of our novels, he would have torn himself to pieces. by : Wallace Stevens

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