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[L]et my reader who is puzzled by my awkward explanations close his eyes for no more than two minutes, and see if he does not find himself suddenly not a compact human being at all, but only a consciousness on a sea of sound and touch . . .

Source: The Bird's Nest, pt. IV, 1954.
-- Shirley Jackson, (Dec 14 1919-1965), US novelist; She wrote stories dealing with supernatural in everyday settings, for example, The Lottery, 1949.

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