From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of ai…

Janet Frame
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From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of air and light, I set down the following record with its mixture of fact and truths and memories of truths and its direction toward the Third Place, where the starting point is myth. ✨ Janet Frame (1998). The Complete Autobiography, Womens PressLtd
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