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" I love monsters the way people worship holy images. To me, they really connect in a very fundamental way to my identity. "

Guillermo del Toro

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" I think looking is the essential act of loving. Brothers, fathers and sons, lovers, whatever. What you do when you love someone is look at that person as that person is. "

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