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Today is one of those excellent january partly cloudies in which light chooses an unexpected part of the landscape to trick out in gilt, and then the shadow sweeps it away. you know you're alive. you take huge steps, trying to feel the planet's roundness arc between your feet.
-Annie Dillard
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Today Is One Of Those Excellent January

Annie Dillard
Today is one of those excellent january partly cloudies in which light chooses an unexpected part of the landscape to trick out in gilt, and then the shadow sweeps it away. you know you're alive. you take huge steps, trying to feel the planet's roundness arc between your feet.
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