“I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.”
Annie Dillard book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
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“Never been lonely,
Never been lied to,
Never had to scuffle in fear,
Nothing to dive to,
Born at the instant,
The church bells chime,
The whole world whispering,
You're born at the right time.”
Born at the Right Time
Song lyrics, The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
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