“To achieve the impossible, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.”
Source: Jitterbug Perfume (1984)
“The price of self-destiny is never cheap, and in certain situations it is unthinkable. But to achieve the marvelous, it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.”
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Tom Robbins
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Jitterbug Perfume
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