Adverbs are a sign that you’ve used the wrong verb.
ANNIE DILLARDHe 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.
More Annie Dillard Quotes
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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.
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I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.
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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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You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.
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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.
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Caring passionately about something isn’t against nature, and it isn’t against human nature. It’s what we’re here to do.
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I 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.
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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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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.
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At a certain point, you say to the woods, to the sea, to the mountains, the world, Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive. You empty yourself and wait, listening.
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Nature’s silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is a chip off that old mute and immutable block.
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We live in all we seek.
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You can’t test courage cautiously.
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Write about winter in the summer.
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The extravagant gesture is the very stuff of creation.
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