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The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside by a generous hand. but- and this is the point- who gets excited by a mere penny? but if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days.
-Annie Dillard
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The World Is Fairly Studded And Strewn

Annie Dillard
The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside by a generous hand. but- and this is the point- who gets excited by a mere penny? but if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days.
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When i was six or seven years old, growing up in pittsburgh, i used to take a precious penny of my own and hide it for someone else to find. i was greatly excited at the thought of the first lucky passerby who would receive a gift in this way, regardless of merit, a free gift from the universe. . . . i've been thinking about seeing. there are lots of things to see, unwrapped gifts and free surprises. the world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside from a generous hand.
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