Bifurcation Quote by William Irwin Thompson

“One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off.” quote by William Irwin Thompson — Download Open image

“One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off.”

William Irwin Thompson

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