I worked so hard all my life, and all I want to do now is read. Annie Dillard hardliferead Change image and share on social
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. Annie Dillard daylivespend Change image and share on social
Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first excitement dwindles. Annie Dillard bookdiscoverdwindle Change image and share on social
You are wrong if you think that you can in any way take the vision and tame it to the page. The page is jealous and tyrannical; the page is made of time and matter; the page always wins. Annie Dillard jealousmakematter Change image and share on social
Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you. Annie Dillard afternoonspend Change image and share on social
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 agechilddeliver Change image and share on social
At its best, the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for it. Annie Dillard gracehandsensation 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
'Fecundity' is an ugly word for an ugly subject. It is ugly, at least, in the eggy animal world. I don't think it is for plants. Annie Dillard animaleggyfecundity Change image and share on social
When I teach, I preach. I thump the Bible. I exhort my students morally. I talk to them about the dedicated life. Annie Dillard biblededicateexhort Change image and share on social
