It is so self-conscious, so apparently moral, simply to step aside from the gaps where the creeks and winds pour down, saying, I never merited this grace, quite rightly, and then to sulk along the rest of your days on the edge of rage. I won’t have it. The world is wilder than that in all directions, more dangerous and bitter, more extravagant and bright.
[Annie Dillard]

This is the answer to question 23 in the survey (the darkest got most votes). See the rest of them here.

Which state is the most underrated?

[With thanks to Russell Johnson who showed it to me.]