We are hoarding potentials so great they are just about unimaginable. - Jacob T. Schwartz

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. . . lying spread-eagled in the hall with only my ankle inside the room that kept me prisoner here. They really should have thought of that and tagged my neck or something.

Jacob T. Schwartz

We are hoarding potentials so great they are just about unimaginable.

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. . . lying spread-eagled in the hall with only my ankle inside the room that kept me prisoner here. They really should have thought of that and tagged my neck or something.

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