I do not so much write a book as sit up with it, as a dying friend. I …

Annie Dillard
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I do not so much write a book as sit up with it, as a dying friend. I hold its hand and hope it will get better.
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Silence is not our heritage but our destiny; we live where we want to live. ✨ Annie Dillard (2016). Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters, p.65, Canongate Books
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I breathed the air of history all unaware, and walked oblivious through its littered layers. ✨ Annie Dillard (2016). An American Childhood, p.68, Canongate Books
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