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all my husbands were afraid

—I wonder what women need from men that they do not get. In Reevadare’s garden, Jane looked dreamy.

—Courage would be nice, Reevadare said. All my husbands were afraid, every last man jack. She laughed and waved her spotted hands. She looked to Lou like she had gotten over them, every last man j…

—p.126 The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
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lucent

Their minds grew lucent as gels.

—p.125 by Annie Dillard
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lucent

Their minds grew lucent as gels.

—p.125 by Annie Dillard
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an untouched trunk of virtues

What gave adults the cheer to tolerate their hypocrisy? Even his mother praised generosity and hoarded; she preached industry and barely worked. Perhaps every generation passes to the next, to hand down to yet more children, an untouched trunk of virtues. The adults describe the trunk’s contents to…

—p.96 by Annie Dillard
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autarkic

She witnessed the autarchy of the skies.

—p.86 by Annie Dillard
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