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If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.

Irvin D. Yalom

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.

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About Irvin D. Yalom

Irvin David Yalom (; born June 13, 1931) is an American existential psychiatrist who is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, as well as author of both fiction and nonfiction.