Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocki…

Simone Weil
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Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link. ✨ Simone Weil (1952). Gravity and Grace, p.200, U of Nebraska Press
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Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link. ✨ Simone Weil (1952). Gravity and Grace, p.200, U of Nebraska Press

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