It was less like seeing than like being for the first time seen, knock…

Annie Dillard
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It was less like seeing than like being for the first time seen, knocked breathless by a powerful glance. ✨ Annie Dillard (2016). The Abundance, p.122, Canongate Books
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It was less like seeing than like being for the first time seen, knocked breathless by a powerful glance. ✨ Annie Dillard (2016). The Abundance, p.122, Canongate Books

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