Under her high brows, she eyed him straight on and straight across. She had gone to girls' schools, he recalled later. Those girls looked straight at you.
Annie Dillard The Maytrees
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In "The Maytrees," the author Annie Dillard captures a moment of deep connection between two characters through their gaze. The description emphasizes the intensity of her stare, suggesting a confidence and clarity that stems from her background in all-girls schools. This upbringing is significant, as it instills in her a directness and forthrightness that impacts her interactions.

The act of looking someone straight in the eye can convey strength and honesty. It highlights the character's awareness of herself and her surroundings, which sets the tone for her relationship with the man in focus. This moment serves as a reflection of how upbringing influences personality and interpersonal dynamics.

In "The Maytrees," the author Annie Dillard captures a moment of deep connection between two characters through their gaze. The description emphasizes the intensity of her stare, suggesting a confidence and clarity that stems from her background in all-girls schools. This upbringing is significant, as it instills in her a directness and forthrightness that impacts her interactions.

The act of looking someone straight in the eye can convey strength and honesty. It highlights the character's awareness of herself and her surroundings, which sets the tone for her relationship with the man in focus. This moment serves as a reflection of how upbringing influences personality and interpersonal dynamics.

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Nothing rose to plug the gap, to address what some called "ultimate concerns," unless you count the arts, the arts that lacked both epistemological methods and accountability, and that drew nutty people, or drove them nuts.
Annie Dillard The Maytrees
Nothing rose to plug the gap, to address what some called "ultimate concerns," unless you count the arts, the arts that lacked both epistemological methods and accountability, and that drew nutty people, or drove them nuts.
The question was not death; living things die. It was love. Not that we died, but what we cared wildly, then deeply, for one person out of billions. We bound ourselves to the fickle, changing, and dying as if they were rock.
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The question was not death; living things die. It was love. Not that we died, but what we cared wildly, then deeply, for one person out of billions. We bound ourselves to the fickle, changing, and dying as if they were rock.
Under her high brows, she eyed him straight on and straight across. She had gone to girls' schools, he recalled later. Those girls looked straight at you.
Annie Dillard The Maytrees
Under her high brows, she eyed him straight on and straight across. She had gone to girls' schools, he recalled later. Those girls looked straight at you.
Love so sprang at her, she honestly thought no one had ever looked into it. Where was it in literature? Someone would have written something. She must not have recognized it. Time to read everything again.
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Love so sprang at her, she honestly thought no one had ever looked into it. Where was it in literature? Someone would have written something. She must not have recognized it. Time to read everything again.
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