The feeling that the work is magnificent, and the feeling that it is abominable, are both mosquitoes to be repelled, ign — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
The feeling that the work is magnificent, and the feeling that it is abominable, are both mosquitoes to be repelled, ign — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
The feeling that the work is magnificent, and the feeling that it is abominable, are both mosquitoes to be repelled, ign — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
The feeling that the work is magnificent, and the feeling that it is abominable, are both mosquitoes to be repelled, ign — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
The feeling that the work is magnificent, and the feeling that it is abominable, are both mosquitoes to be repelled, ign — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
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The feeling that the work is magnificent, and the feeling that it is abominable, are both mosquitoes to be repelled, ignored, or killed, but not indulged.

— Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
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