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.

Annie Dillard

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