“In that high place in the darkness the two oddly sensitive human atoms held each other tightly and waited. In the mind of each was the same thought. "I have come to this lonely place and here is this other," was the substance of the thing felt.”

Sherwood Anderson

Sherwood Anderson - “In that high place in the darkness...” 1

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