A Talent for Life: Reflections on Human Vulnerability and ResilienceFootnote

It wasn't ruthlessness that enabled an individual to survive – it was an intangible quality, not particular to educated or sophisticated individuals. Anyone might have it. It is perhaps best described as an overriding thirst – perhaps, too, a talent for life. terrencedes pres 1976

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