I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into slee…

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I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that there is this sort of seductive quality in all the hedonistic pleasures that pull on us. ✨ bell hooks talks to John Perry Barlow. Interview with John Perry Barlow, www.lionsroar.com. September 1, 1995.
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I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that there is this sort of seductive quality in all the hedonistic pleasures that pull on us. ✨ bell hooks talks to John Perry Barlow. Interview with John Perry Barlow, www.lionsroar.com. September 1, 1995.

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