Bruno Schulz quote — “Nimrod began to understand that what he was experiencing was, in spite…”

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Nimrod began to understand that what he was experiencing was, in spite of its appearance of novelty, something which had existed before — many times before. His body began to recognize situations, impressions, and objects. In reality, none of there astonished him very much. Faced with new circumstances, he would dip into the fount of his memory, the deep-seated memory of the body, would search blindky and feverishly, and often find ready made within himself a suitable reaction: the wisdom of generations, deposited in his plasma, in his nerves. He found actions and decisions of which he had not been aware but which had been lying in wait, ready to emerge.

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