We walked always in beauty, it seemed to me. We walked and looked abou…

Wendell Berry
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We walked always in beauty, it seemed to me. We walked and looked about, or stood and looked. Sometimes, less often, we would sit down. We did not often speak. The place spoke for us and was a kind of speech. We spoke to each other in the things we saw. ✨ Wendell Berry (2000). Jayber Crow: A Novel, Counterpoint LLC
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