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Every spring he vowed to quit teaching school, and every summer he missed his pupils and searched for them on the streets.

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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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Quitting
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Spring
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Teaching
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School
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