Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a waterfall.
ANNIE DILLARDShe read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.
More Annie Dillard Quotes
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Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.
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Write about winter in the summer.
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She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.
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There are no events but thoughts and the heart’s hard turning, the heart’s slow learning where to love and whom. The rest is merely gossip, and tales for other times.
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The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful
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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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The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out.
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Make connections; let rip; and dance where you can.
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The world knew you before you knew the world.
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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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Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery.
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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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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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The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.
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You can’t test courage cautiously.
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