“As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.”
— Annie Dillard
Author: Annie Dillard
Category: religion
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Buddhism notes that it is always a
“Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone.”
— Annie Dillard
Author: Annie Dillard
Category: alone
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People love pretty much the same things
“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 Dillard
Author: Annie Dillard
Category: alone
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The surest sign of age is loneliness.
“The surest sign of age is loneliness.”
— Annie Dillard
Author: Annie Dillard
Category: age
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It is ironic that the one thing
“It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution.”
— Annie Dillard
Author: Annie Dillard
Category: birthday
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As soon as beauty is sought not
“As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.”
— Annie Dillard
Author: Annie Dillard
Category: beauty
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There is a muscular energy in sunlight
“There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.”
— Annie Dillard
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Category: nature
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There is a certain age at which
“There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable.”
— Annie Dillard
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Category: age
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I would like to learn, or remember,
“I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.”
— Annie Dillard
Author: Annie Dillard
Category: education
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A schedule defends from chaos and whim.
“A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.”
— Annie Dillard
Author: Annie Dillard
Category: time
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Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One
“Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark.”
— Annie Dillard
Author: Annie Dillard
Category: imagination
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