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Aspect Quote by Mark Doty

“It's freeing, to think that there's always an aspect of us outside the grasp of speech, the common stuff of language.” quote by Mark Doty — Download Open image

“It's freeing, to think that there's always an aspect of us outside the grasp of speech, the common stuff of language.”

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