"It could be that God has absconded but spread, as our vision and understanding of the universe have spread, to a fabric of spirit and sense so grand a...
Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you.
~ Annie Dillard ~
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Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you.
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"The answer must be, I think, that the beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.
"I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs.
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