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It is a moment of blessed quietness when earth is deserted and paradise regained. He cannot, perhaps dare not, be himself but must fall into step with all the others. He is imprisoned within their banal patterns of routine, within a life without real awareness.

-- Notebooks Category 22: Inspiration and the Overself > Chapter 5 : Preparing for Glimpses > # 178