Like most visionaries, The Teller saw the distant future with optical-glass clarity, the intermediate future… — James Morrow
Like most visionaries, The Teller saw the distant future with optical-glass clarity, the intermediate future with beeswax clarity, and the immediate future with the clarity of dark glasses dipped in tar.
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