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I breathed the air of history all unaware, and walked oblivious through its littered layers.

Annie Dillard

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Annie Dillard
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 30
Author
Essayist
Novelist
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University Teacher
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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Breathed
Oblivious
Unaware
Layers
Walked
Air
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History
Littered

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