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 DILLARDI cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. It is possible, in deep space, to sail on solar wind. Light, be it particle or wave, has force: you rig a giant sail and go. The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind.
More Annie Dillard Quotes
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The world knew you before you knew the world.
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Make connections; let rip; and dance where you can.
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There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by.
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One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time – give it, give it all, give it now.
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We are here on the planet only once, and might as well get a feel for the place.
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The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful
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People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.
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The secret is not to write about what you love best, but about what you, alone, love at all.
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You search, you break your heart, your back, your brain, and then-and only then-it is handed to you.
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The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less.
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Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.
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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.
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We live in all we seek.
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I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.
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You can serve or you can sing, and wreck your heart in prayer, working the world’s hard work.
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