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I woke at intervals until . . . the intervals of waking tipped the scales, and I was more often awake than not.

Annie Dillard

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Annie Dillard
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 30
Author
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Annie Dillard Doak
Often
Tipped
Intervals
Woke
Waking
Scales
Awake

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