I think I exist,' he said wearily. 'I am conscious of my own identity.…

George Orwell
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I think I exist,' he said wearily. 'I am conscious of my own identity. I was born, and I shall die. I have arms and legs. I occupy a particular point in space. No other solid object can occupy the same point simultaneously. ✨ George Orwell, A.M. Heath (2003). Animal Farm and 1984, p.351, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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