All this probing and grappling we must do, out in society: how much easier, Annabelle thinks, it is to stay… — John Updike
All this probing and grappling we must do, out in society: how much easier, Annabelle thinks, it is to stay in rooms you know as well as your own body, having a warm meal and an evening of television, where it's all so comfortably one-way.
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