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If what we think of ourselves were true, the planet would overflow with geniuses. They blossomed; they did not talk about blossoming. They grew; they did not talk about growing.

— Dejan Stojanovic The Sun Watches the Sun (1999)

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Source: “A Thought about Ourselves,” p. 122
Work: The Sun Watches the Sun, 1999
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