Josephine Humphreys Quotes

She Used To Be A Mathematician. Now She Looks For Omens And Signs. At One Time She Thought Math Would Clarify The World For Her. She Knew Her Link To Real Things Was Weak [ ... ] She Had Hoped Knowledge Of Mathematics, The World's Rules, Might Strengthen Her Hold. But It Did Not. The World Turned Opaque And Medieval, Its Every Event Mysterious. Now She Uses A Private Mathematics, One Made From Omens And Signs And Dreams.

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