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People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subject inquires not after what he loves best, but af

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"People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subject inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all"

- Annie Dillard

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This quote is written / told by Annie Dillard somewhere between April 30, 1945 and today. He/she was a famous Author from USA. The author also have 23 other quotes.

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