Quote by James Lee Burke

. . . I had found the edge. The place where you unstrap all your fastenings to the earth, to what you are what you have been, where you flame out on the edge of the spheres, and the sun and moon become eclipsed and the world below is as dead and remote and without interest as if it were glazed with ice.

. . . I had found the edge. The place where you unstrap all

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This quote expresses a moment of self-discovery and liberation. The speaker describes reaching the point of complete detachment from their societal attachments, exploring the metaphorical edge where they are free from their past and present identities. In this state, the world below loses its significance and appears lifeless, while the speaker experiences a fiery sense of freedom, disconnected from the constraints of the mundane.

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