Nature's silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is a chip…

Annie Dillard
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Nature's silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is a chip off that old mute and immutable block. ✨ Annie Dillard (2016). Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters, p.65, Canongate Books
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