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Annie Dillard Quotes

The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard put to call it living Picture Quote #1

I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you Picture Quote #1

The secret is not to write about what you love best, but about what you, alone, love at all Picture Quote #1

I feel as though I stand at the foot of an infinitely high staircase, down which some exuberant spirit is flinging tennis ball after tennis ball, eternally, and the one thing I want in the world is a tennis ball Picture Quote #1

No, the point is not only does time fly and do we die, but that in these reckless conditions we live at all, and are vouchsafed, for the duration of certain inexplicable moments, to know it Picture Quote #1

I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck Picture Quote #1

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It was less like seeing than like being for the first time seen, knocked breathless by a powerful glance Picture Quote #1

Books swept me away, this way and that, one after the other; I made endless vows according to their lights for I believed them Picture Quote #1

What a hideout: Holiness lies spread and borne over the surface of time and stuff like color Picture Quote #1

You can’t test courage cautiously, so I ran hard and waved my arms hard, happy Picture Quote #1

Having chosen this foolishness, I was a free being. How could the world ever stop me, how could I betray myself, if I was not afraid? Picture Quote #1

I had been chipping at the world idly, and had by accident uncovered vast and labyrinthine further worlds within it Picture Quote #1

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There were no formerly heroic times, and there was no formerly pure generation. There is no one here but us chickens, and so it has always been Picture Quote #1

I do not so much write a book as sit up with it, as a dying friend. I hold its hand and hope it will get better Picture Quote #1

He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. He is careful of what he learns, for that is what he will know Picture Quote #1

You do not have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it Picture Quote #1

I come down to the water to cool my eyes. But everywhere I look I see fire; that which isn’t flint is tinder, and the whole world sparks and flames Picture Quote #1

Caring passionately about something isn’t against nature, and it isn’t against human nature. It’s what we’re here to do Picture Quote #1

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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing Picture Quote #1

You can serve or you can sing, and wreck your heart in prayer, working the world’s hard work Picture Quote #1

We have not yet encountered any God who is as merciful as a man who flicks a beetle over on its feet Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as an artist: there is only the world lit or unlit as the light allows. When the candle is burning, who looks at the wick? When the candle is out, who needs it? Picture Quote #1

Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes Picture Quote #1

I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam Picture Quote #1

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These are our few live seasons. Let us live them as purely as we can, in the present Picture Quote #1

Knowing you are alive is watching on every side your generation’s short time falling away as fast as rivers drop through air, and feeling it hit Picture Quote #1

The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there Picture Quote #1

Could two live that way? Could two live under the wild rose, and explore by the pond, so that the smooth mind of each is as everywhere present to the other, and as received and as unchallenged, as falling snow? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

On plenty of days the writer can write three or four pages, and on plenty of other days he concludes he must throw them away Picture Quote #1

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The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard put to call it living (Annie Dillard Quotes) I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you (Annie Dillard Quotes) The secret is not to write about what you love best, but about what you, alone, love at all (Annie Dillard Quotes) I feel as though I stand at the foot of an infinitely high staircase, down which some exuberant spirit is flinging tennis ball after tennis ball, eternally, and the one thing I want in the world is a tennis ball (Annie Dillard Quotes) No, the point is not only does time fly and do we die, but that in these reckless conditions we live at all, and are vouchsafed, for the duration of certain inexplicable moments, to know it (Annie Dillard Quotes) I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck (Annie Dillard Quotes) It was less like seeing than like being for the first time seen, knocked breathless by a powerful glance (Annie Dillard Quotes) Books swept me away, this way and that, one after the other; I made endless vows according to their lights for I believed them (Annie Dillard Quotes) What a hideout: Holiness lies spread and borne over the surface of time and stuff like color (Annie Dillard Quotes) You can’t test courage cautiously, so I ran hard and waved my arms hard, happy (Annie Dillard Quotes) Having chosen this foolishness, I was a free being. How could the world ever stop me, how could I betray myself, if I was not afraid? (Annie Dillard Quotes) I had been chipping at the world idly, and had by accident uncovered vast and labyrinthine further worlds within it (Annie Dillard Quotes) There were no formerly heroic times, and there was no formerly pure generation. There is no one here but us chickens, and so it has always been (Annie Dillard Quotes) I do not so much write a book as sit up with it, as a dying friend. I hold its hand and hope it will get better (Annie Dillard Quotes) He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. He is careful of what he learns, for that is what he will know (Annie Dillard Quotes) You do not have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it (Annie Dillard Quotes) I come down to the water to cool my eyes. But everywhere I look I see fire; that which isn’t flint is tinder, and the whole world sparks and flames (Annie Dillard Quotes) Caring passionately about something isn’t against nature, and it isn’t against human nature. It’s what we’re here to do (Annie Dillard Quotes) How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing (Annie Dillard Quotes) You can serve or you can sing, and wreck your heart in prayer, working the world’s hard work (Annie Dillard Quotes) We have not yet encountered any God who is as merciful as a man who flicks a beetle over on its feet (Annie Dillard Quotes) There is no such thing as an artist: there is only the world lit or unlit as the light allows. When the candle is burning, who looks at the wick? When the candle is out, who needs it? (Annie Dillard Quotes) Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes (Annie Dillard Quotes) I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam (Annie Dillard Quotes) These are our few live seasons. Let us live them as purely as we can, in the present (Annie Dillard Quotes) Knowing you are alive is watching on every side your generation’s short time falling away as fast as rivers drop through air, and feeling it hit (Annie Dillard Quotes) The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there (Annie Dillard Quotes) Could two live that way? Could two live under the wild rose, and explore by the pond, so that the smooth mind of each is as everywhere present to the other, and as received and as unchallenged, as falling snow? (Annie Dillard Quotes) 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 (Annie Dillard Quotes) On plenty of days the writer can write three or four pages, and on plenty of other days he concludes he must throw them away (Annie Dillard Quotes)

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