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Until there is no longer the possibility of sadness, of isolation, there can be no gravity. We all float by, rootless, taking clumsy astronaut steps and calling it progress.
Until there is no longer the possibility of sadness, of isolation, there can be no gravity. We all float by, rootless, taking clumsy astronaut steps and calling it progress.
Approximate author period: c. 1959 AD · modern
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- Meg Wolitzer
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- Approximate author period: c. 1959 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Meg Wolitzer: documented birth year 1959; activity date not established. Wikidata Q6808023, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6808023 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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