Given with pizzazz

Annie Dillard

This, then, is the extravagant landscape of the world, given, given with pizzazz, given in good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over.

~ Annie Dillard in PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK

Pilgrim At Tinker Creek

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The quiet mind
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