Carolina QuotesWhy is it that one can look at a lion or a planet or an owl or at someone’s finger as long as one pleases, but looking into the eyes of another person is, if prolonged past a second, a perilous affair?
Walker Percy Connected to the Carolinas
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- Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book (1983)
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- 1983
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“Why is it that one can look at a lion or a planet or an owl …” Walker Percy. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-E389E0400E. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/e389e0400e
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