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E.M. Forster, The Machine Stops Quotes: Vashti was seized with the terrors of direct experience. She shrank back into the room, and the wall closed up again.
         

Vashti was seized with the terrors of direct experience. She shrank back into the room, and the wall closed up again.


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This page presents the quote "Vashti was seized with the terrors of direct experience. She shrank back into the room, and the wall closed up again.". Author of this quote is E.M. Forster, The Machine Stops. This quote is about machine, direct-experience, science-fiction, isolation,.