"Where does unbelief begin? When I was young there were degrees of certainty. I could say, Yes I..."

“Where does unbelief begin?
When I was young

there were degrees of certainty.
I could say, Yes I know that I have two hands.
Then one day I awakened on a planet of people whose hands occasionally
disappear—” - Anne Carson, from “The Glass Essay” (via alinapleskova)

See original: les deserts de l'amour, "Where does unbelief begin? When I was young there were degrees of certainty. I could say, Yes I..."