Nature is, above all, profligate.
ANNIE DILLARDNothing moves a woman so deeply as the boyhood of the man she loves.
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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The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out.
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What a hideout: Holiness lies spread and borne over the surface of time and stuff like color.
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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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The extravagant gesture is the very stuff of creation.
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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 can’t test courage cautiously.
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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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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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Write about winter in the summer.
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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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These are our few live seasons. Let us live them as purely as we can, in the present.
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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.
ANNIE DILLARD