Imaginary Chains

We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.

Anne Sullivan

From KnowYourDNA’s article about “How Long is Human DNA? ”: “A single strand of unraveled human DNA is approximately six (6) feet long, but if you unraveled all of the DNA in your body, it would measure about 67 billion miles long, about 150,000 trips to the moon.” And that’s that for the random chain-adjacent fact of the day.

About the author

Anne Sullivan (born as Johanna Mansfield Sullivan; April 14, 1866 – October 20, 1936) was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller.