Borders Quote by Daniel Tammet

“I did have a very restricted, regimented life. There was a kind of happiness there, a contentment, but it was a small happiness within very clear and delineated borders.” quote by Daniel Tammet — Download Open image

“I did have a very restricted, regimented life. There was a kind of happiness there, a contentment, but it was a small happiness within very clear and delineated borders.”

Daniel Tammet

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