Perhaps, all these years, the historiographers had been unwilling to recognize history as a spiral, perhaps because a sp — Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed
Perhaps, all these years, the historiographers had been unwilling to recognize history as a spiral, perhaps because a sp — Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed
Perhaps, all these years, the historiographers had been unwilling to recognize history as a spiral, perhaps because a sp — Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed
Perhaps, all these years, the historiographers had been unwilling to recognize history as a spiral, perhaps because a sp — Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed
Perhaps, all these years, the historiographers had been unwilling to recognize history as a spiral, perhaps because a sp — Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed
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Perhaps, all these years, the historiographers had been unwilling to recognize history as a spiral, perhaps because a spiral was so difficult to describe. Easier to photograph the spiral from the top, easier to flatten the spring into a coil.

— Anthony Burgess, The Wanting Seed
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