As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.
Annie Dillard
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- There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable.
- It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere.
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