Belonging Quote by Wendell Berry

“So it is that the life force may take possession of a man-- so that in the end he may be possessed by something greater, no longer at all belonging to himself.” quote by Wendell Berry — Download Open image

“So it is that the life force may take possession of a man-- so that in the end he may be possessed by something greater, no longer at all belonging to himself.”

Wendell Berry

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