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Thank you. This I’m used to. | blogjou

David Eagleman

Sum - Forty tales from the afterlives

p. 83
05 Jul 2023

Thank you. This I'm used to.


And then you are here. You are simultaneously engaged in her conversation and thinking about something else; she both gives herself to you and does not give herself to you; you find her objectionable and you deeply love her; she worships you and wonders what she might have missed with someone else.

“Thank you,” you tell the angel. “This I’m used to.”