“It is this way with wonder: it takes a bit of patience, and it takes putting yourself in the right place at the right time. It requires that we be curious enough to forgo our small distractions in order to find the world.”
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World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
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