“A circle is a round straight line with a hole in the middle.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Quoting a schoolchild in "English as She Is Taught"
“That secret was a hole in the middle of me that every happy thing fell into.”
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005), p. 71
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