Animal Quote by Jack Gilbert

“Once she said the world was an astonishing animal: light was its spirit and noise was its mind. That it was composed to feed on honor, but did not.” quote by Jack Gilbert — Download Open image

““Once she said the world was an astonishing animal: light was its spirit and noise was its mind. That it was composed to feed on honor, but did not.””

Jack Gilbert

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