It was less like seeing than like being for the first time seen, knocked breathless by a powerful glance.
ANNIE DILLARD
The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest.
More Annie Dillard Quotes
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The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful
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I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.
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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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She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.
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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.
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You can’t test courage cautiously.
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Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.
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Adverbs are a sign that you’ve used the wrong verb.
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You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.
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