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The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain. This is philosophically interesting in a rather mournful way, since it means that only the simplest animals perceive the universe as it is.

Annie Dillard

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Annie Dillard
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 30
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