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Cruelty is a mystery, and the waste of pain. but if we describe a word to compass these things, a world that is a long, brute game, then we bump against another mystery: the inrush of power and delight, the canary that sings on the skull.
-Annie Dillard
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Cruelty Is A Mystery, And The Waste

Annie Dillard
Cruelty is a mystery, and the waste of pain. but if we describe a word to compass these things, a world that is a long, brute game, then we bump against another mystery: the inrush of power and delight, the canary that sings on the skull.
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