Annie Dillard quote: There are 1,198,500,000 people alive now in China. To get a feel for what that means, simply take yourself - ...

There are 1,198,500,000 people alive now in China. To get a feel for what that means, simply take yourself - in all your singularity, importance, complexity, and love - and multiply by 1,198,500,000. See? Nothing to it.

~ Annie Dillard ~

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