"Eskimo: 'If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?' Priest: 'No, not if you did not know.' Eskimo: 'Then why did you tell me?'"
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"Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark.“
-Annie Dillard
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