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When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren't grabbed by the collar or struck on the skull by a presence or an event, we take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

Cynthia Ozick
Gratitude, Skulls, Taken For Granted
"Noted with pleasure". The New York Times Archives, www.nytimes.com. 1984.
When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren't grabbed by the collar or struck on the skull by a presence or an event, we take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.