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Like everyone in his right mind, I feared Santa Claus.
Annie Dillard
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Annie Dillard
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 30
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What a hideout: Holiness lies spread and borne over the surface of time and stuff like color.
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The Pulitzer is more useful than meaningful.
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At its best, the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for it.
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He judged the instant and let go he flung himself loose into the stars.
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Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark.
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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.
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Your feelings are none of your business.
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