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Quote by Annie Dillard
There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnes

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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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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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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Eskimo: If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell? Priest: No, not if you did not know. Eskimo: Then why did you tell me? – Annie Dillard

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I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female. – Queen Latifah

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But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave. – William Wordsworth

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I have worked very hard on being aware of my childhood but moving forward and not letting it bring me down emotionally. That is a hard thing – especially when you have children of your own and you remember what happened to you at that age. – Samantha Morton

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Age is something that doesnt matter, unless you are a cheese. – Luis Bunuel

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To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion. – George Eliot

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