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Inspiration from Annie Dillard

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I have recently been trying to develop the habit of reading at least a few paragraphs each day about writing. One treasured source of these paragraphs has been Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life. As a small bonus for paid subscribers, here are two gold nuggets I’ve copied in my journal the last couple of weeks:

“Why are we reading, if not …