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“Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back.” quote by John Barth — Download Open image

“Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back.”

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