Could two live that way? Could two live under the wild rose, and explo…

Annie Dillard
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Could two live that way? Could two live under the wild rose, and explore by the pond, so that the smooth mind of each is as everywhere present to the other, and as received and as unchallenged, as falling snow? ✨ Annie Dillard (2016). Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters, p.53, Canongate Books
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