Carolina QuotesI was seeing what Adam had seen on the morning of his creation — the miracle, moment by moment, of naked existence.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
pp. 160-61
- work
- The Doors of Perception (1954)
- year
- 1954
- locator
- pp. 160-61
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