Impulse arrested spills over, and the flood is feeling, the flood is p…

Aldous Huxley
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Impulse arrested spills over, and the flood is feeling, the flood is passion, the flood is even madness: it depends on the force of the current, the height and strength of the barrier. The unchecked stream flows smoothly down its appointed channels into a calm well being. ✨ Aldous Huxley (1950). Brave New World
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