He would have been far more attractive to her if she could … - Hannah Arendt

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He would have been far more attractive to her if she could have trusted him. You could not love a man who was always playing hide-and-seek with you; that was the lesson she had learned.

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Hannah Arendt (14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German-American political theorist whose work deals with the nature of power, authority, and totalitarianism.

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Alternative Names: Johanna "Hannah" Arendt • Johanna "Hannah" Cohn Arendt • Hannah Arendt Bluecher • Hanna Arendt • Johanna Arendt • Hannah Arendt Blücher

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You could not love a man who was always playing hide-and-seek with you; that was the lesson she had learned.

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