Consciousness Quote by Joanna Scott

“How wonderful it would be to scatter words as they rise to consciousness, to let them lie where they fall.” quote by Joanna Scott — Download Open image

“How wonderful it would be to scatter words as they rise to consciousness, to let them lie where they fall.”

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