Now the thing is no longer a vision: it is paper. — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
Now the thing is no longer a vision: it is paper. — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
Now the thing is no longer a vision: it is paper. — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
Now the thing is no longer a vision: it is paper. — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
Now the thing is no longer a vision: it is paper. — Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
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Now the thing is no longer a vision: it is paper.

— Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
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