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Wendell Berry

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Wendell Berry

Peace

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The author finds comfort in observing nature because wild animals live without worrying about future sadness or problems. This allows him to feel a temporary relief from his own anxious thoughts and experience a sense of freedom within the natural world.

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