Matters of taste are not, it turns out, moral issues. Annie Dillard issuemattermoral 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
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
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
Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you. Annie Dillard afternoonspend 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
I would like to learn, or remember, how to live. Annie Dillard learnliveremember 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
The writer studies literature, not the world. He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. Annie Dillard carefulliteratureread Change image and share on social
I never met a man who was shaken by a field of identical blades of grass. An acre of poppies and a forest of spruce boggle no one's mind. Annie Dillard acrebladeboggle Change image and share on social
