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Quote by Annie Dillard
The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper;

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

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A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. – Annie Dillard

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As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. – Annie Dillard

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Beauty
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People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all. – Annie Dillard

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Water
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Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think. – Robert Henri

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Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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Water

Water flows humbly to the lowest level.
Nothing is weaker than water,
Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong,
Nothing surpasses it. – Lao-Tzu

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A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable. – William Wordsworth

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With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice. – Dan Lipinski

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