It’s shocking to wake up in one world and find yourself in another by nightfall, but the situation isn’t… — Emily St John Mandel
It’s shocking to wake up in one world and find yourself in another by nightfall, but the situation isn’t actually all that unusual. You wake up married, then your spouse dies over the course of the day; you wake up in peacetime and by noon your country is at war; you wake up in ignorance and by the evening it’s clear that a pandemic is already here.
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