Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision--the ability to select the elements vital to survival, while ignoring the great truths. (Josephine Hart)

Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision--the ability to select the elements vital to survival, while ignoring the great truths.

Josephine Hart

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