If we devote ourselves to finding holes exactly shaped to house such great words as Freedom, Honor, Bliss, I… — J. M. Coetzee
If we devote ourselves to finding holes exactly shaped to house such great words as Freedom, Honor, Bliss, I agree, we shall spend a lifetime slipping and sliding and searching, and all in vain.
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