I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The…

James Thurber
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I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart. ✨ James Thurber (1996). James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty), p.839, Library of America
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