Lewis Thomas
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I maintain, despite the moment's evidence against the claim, that we are born and grow up with a fondness for each other, and we have genes for that. We can be talked out of it, for the genetic message is like a distant music, and some of us are hard-of-hearing. Societies are noisy affairs, drowning out the sound of ourselves and our connection. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1984). Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony, Bantam

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