I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that momen…

Annie Dillard
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I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck. ✨ Annie Dillard (2016). The Abundance, p.122, Canongate Books
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I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck. ✨ Annie Dillard (2016). The Abundance, p.122, Canongate Books

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