We are most deeply asleep at the switch when we fancy we control any s…

Annie Dillard
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We are most deeply asleep at the switch when we fancy we control any switches at all. ✨ Annie Dillard (2016). Holy the Firm, p.30, Canongate Books
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We are most deeply asleep at the switch when we fancy we control any switches at all. ✨ Annie Dillard (2016). Holy the Firm, p.30, Canongate Books

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