Quotes by Annie Dillard

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There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.
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The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out.
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An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" "No," said the priest, "not if you did not know." "Then why," asked the Inuit earnestly, "did you tell me?"
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