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Which Quotes by Annie Dillard
- Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first excitement dwindles.
- A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and…
- There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true…
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