The Pulitzer is more useful than meaningful. Annie Dillard meaningfulpulitzer Change image and share on social
Just think: in all the clean, beautiful reaches of the solar system, our planet alone is a blot; our planet alone has death. Annie Dillard beautifulblotclean Change image and share on social
The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents. Annie Dillard bearcontentfit share on social
The surest sign of age is loneliness. Annie Dillard agelonelinesssign Change image and share on social
Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark. Annie Dillard appealavoiddark Change image and share on social
I noticed this process of waking, and predicted with terrifying logic that one of these years not far away I would be awake continuously and never slip back, and never be free of myself again. Annie Dillard awakebackcontinuously Change image and share on social
Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block. Annie Dillard aimblockchop Change image and share on social
I'm a housewife: I spend far more time on housework than anything else. Annie Dillard housewifehouseworkspend Change image and share on social
It makes more sense to write one big book - a novel or nonfiction narrative - than to write many stories or essays. Into a long, ambitious project you can fit or pour all you possess and learn. Annie Dillard ambitiousbigbook Change image and share on social
Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and your desk in midair. Annie Dillard beliefbeltcrank Change image and share on social