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There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.

Annie Dillard

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Annie Dillard
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 30
Author
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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Clouds
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Wind
Spiritual
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Muscular
Corresponding
Sunlight
Weather

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