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A dog comes to you and lives with you in your own house, but you do not therefore own her, as you do not own the rain, or the trees, or the laws which pertain to them ... a dog can never tell you what she knows from the smells of the world, but you know, watching her, that you know almost nothing. . .
-Mary Oliver
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A Dog Comes To You And Lives

Mary Oliver
A dog comes to you and lives with you in your own house, but you do not therefore own her, as you do not own the rain, or the trees, or the laws which pertain to them ... a dog can never tell you what she knows from the smells of the world, but you know, watching her, that you know almost nothing. . .
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