The reason this fulfillment is important and can be valued is, - according to Richards, that these needs-- unless they are organized or harmonized so that they work together in what he sometimes calls a "synthesis"-- can actually tear us apart.

这种满足之所以重要而有价值是因为，根据Richards的观点，我们的需求-,如果没有被和谐地组织起来,形成一个综合体-,它们会将我们粉碎。

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"We would go to the U.K. and then come back and have to tear out the work, " she says.

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Ms. PROSE: So the fact that they're worried may actually be a good sign, and every writer I know - I mean there's a wonderful phrase of William Burroughs, and he talks about the temptation to take your work and tear it up into tiny little pieces and throw it in somebody else's wastepaper basket.

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But first, writers, if you can tear yourself away from your work, let us know what you're working on.

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