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> [“If we were to judge nature by its common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed. In nature, improbabilities are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/if-we-were-to-judge-nature-by-its-common-sense-or-likelihood-we/)

[Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/)

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> [We are the accidental result of an unplanned process ... the fragile result of an enormous concatenation of improbabilities, not the predictable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/we-are-the-accidental-result-of-an-unplanned-process-the-fragile/)

[Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/)

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> [“If I could believe in myself, why not give other improbabilities the benefit of the doubt?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/if-i-could-believe-in-myself-why-not-give-other-improbabilities-the/)

[David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/)

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> [Nature seems to exult in abounding radicality, extremism, anarchy. If we were to judge nature by its common sense or likelihood, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/nature-seems-to-exult-in-abounding-radicality-extremism-anarchy-if-we/)

[Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/)

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> [Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathaniel-hawthorne/nobody-has-any-conscience-about-adding-to-the-improbabilities-of-a/)

[Nathaniel Hawthorne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathaniel-hawthorne/)

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> [“In nature, improbabilities are the one stock in trade. The whole creation is one lunatic fringe. If creation had been left up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-dillard/in-nature-improbabilities-are-the-one-stock-in-trade-the-whole/)

[Annie Dillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-dillard/)

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