The extravagant gesture is the very stuff of creation.
ANNIE DILLARDWe have not yet encountered any god who is as merciful as a man who flicks a beetle over on its feet.
More Annie Dillard Quotes
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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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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.
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You can’t test courage cautiously.
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I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.
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These are our few live seasons. Let us live them as purely as we can, in the present.
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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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The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful
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Art is like an ill-trained Labrador retriever that drags you out into traffic.
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Adverbs are a sign that you’ve used the wrong verb.
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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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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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There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by.
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We have not yet encountered any god who is as merciful as a man who flicks a beetle over on its feet.
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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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Books swept me away, this way and that, one after the other; I made endless vows according to their lights for I believed them.
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