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There were no formerly heroic times, and there was no formerly pure generation. There is no one here but us chickens, and so it has always been. - Annie Dillard
" "There were no formerly heroic times, and there was no formerly pure generation. There is no one here but us chickens, and so it has always been.
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About Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard (born 30 April 1945) is an American author born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her non-fiction narrative Pilgrim at Tinker Creek in 1974. She has since published ten other books. Her most recent is the novel The Maytrees (June 2007).
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