"For if my life has happened to me, there have been moments—may they be counted—when I have happened to it. Let me not, therefore, be a Sabine Woman, part of your plunder, borne off in protest. I would encounter darkness as a bride and eat the pomegranate!"

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Parabola Podcast Episode 27 - The Maze

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