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The mind wants the world to return its love, or its awareness the mind wants to know all the world, and all eternity, and God.

Annie Dillard

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Annie Dillard
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 30
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Essayist
Novelist
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University Teacher
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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Eternity
Awareness
Return
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Mind
Love

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