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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
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I Had Been My Whole Life A
Annie Dillard
I Had Been My Whole Life A Bell, And Never Knew It Until At That Moment I Was Lifted And Struck.
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