Overbearing Quote by Rosemary Mahoney

“Sight is a slick and overbearing autocrat, trumpeting its prodigal knowledge and perceptions so forcefully that it drowns out the other, subtler senses.” quote by Rosemary Mahoney — Download Open image

“Sight is a slick and overbearing autocrat, trumpeting its prodigal knowledge and perceptions so forcefully that it drowns out the other, subtler senses.”

Rosemary Mahoney

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