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Freedom is the moment between sleep and waking before selfhood and the world return.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Freedom
Moment
Moments
World
Selfhood
Waking
Return
Sleep

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