“People had their places, and to not understand that, to act in violation of it, demoted you from a nature nut to something even lower, a complete untouchable, basically.”

— David Sedaris , book Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Essay, "Loggerheads". p.68
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls (2013)

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