But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.…

Alan Watts
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But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful. ✨ Alan Watts (1977). The essence of Alan Watts, Celestial Arts Publishing Company
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