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I'd seen a great many partial eclipses, but a partial eclipse has the same relation to a total eclipse as flirting with a man does to marrying him. it's completely different.
-Annie Dillard
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I'd Seen A Great Many Partial Eclipses,

Annie Dillard
I'd seen a great many partial eclipses, but a partial eclipse has the same relation to a total eclipse as flirting with a man does to marrying him. it's completely different.
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