Only words and conventions can isolate us from the entirely undefinabl…

Alan Watts
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Only words and conventions can isolate us from the entirely undefinable something which is everything. ✨ Alan Watts (1951). The Wisdom of Insecurity, Vintage
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Only words and conventions can isolate us from the entirely undefinable something which is everything. ✨ Alan Watts (1951). The Wisdom of Insecurity, Vintage

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