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Quote by Annie Dillard
It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as se

It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution. – Annie Dillard

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The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out. – Annie Dillard

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There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable. – Annie Dillard

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My son had his eighth birthday recently and we had a chance to borrow the film and show it to all of his friends that was at his birthday party and they loved it. I was a little nervous. I said they might not even like it, and say his daddys movie is wack, but they loved it. – Blair Underwood

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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, youll find one at the end of your arm. – Sam Levenson

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There is still no cure for the common birthday. – John Glenn

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I crashed my boyfriends birthday when I was 12 years old. He didnt invite me and so I showed up. – Isla Fisher

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