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I had hopes for my rough edges. I wanted to use them as a can opener, to cut myself a hole in the world's surface and exit through it.

Annie Dillard
Cutting, Rough Edges, Exit
Annie Dillard (2016). “An American Childhood”, p.228, Canongate Books
I had hopes for my rough edges. I wanted to use them as a can opener, to cut myself a hole in the world's surface and exit through it.