Whatever it is that pulls the pin, that hurls you past the boundaries …

Jeanette Winterson
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Whatever it is that pulls the pin, that hurls you past the boundaries of your own life into a brief and total beauty, even for a moment, it is enough. ✨ Gut Symmetries. Book by Jeanette Winterson, 1997.
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