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It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether i wish it or know it or care, as a closed book on a shelf continues to whisper to itself its own inexhaustible tale.
-Annie Dillard
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It Has Always Been A Happy Thought

Annie Dillard
It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether i wish it or know it or care, as a closed book on a shelf continues to whisper to itself its own inexhaustible tale.
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