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.
ANNIE DILLARDAnnie Dillard Quotes
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The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest.
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You can’t test courage cautiously.
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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days.
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The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful
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It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether I wish it or know it or care, as a closed book on a shelf continues to whisper to itself its own inexhaustible tale.
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The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.
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We are most deeply asleep at the switch when we fancy we control any switches at all.
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