Top 55 Quotes by Annie Dillard

About Annie Dillard

These are some quotes by American author Annie Dillard Author, who was born on April 30, 1945.

You can't test courage cautiously.

You can't test courage cautiously.

Annie Dillard

When I first read the words 'introvert' and 'extrovert' when I was 10, I thought I was both.

When I first read the words 'introvert' and 'extrovert' when I was 10, I thought I was both.

Annie Dillard

There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.

There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.

Annie Dillard

If you're going to publish a book, you probably are going to make a fool of yourself.

If you're going to publish a book, you probably are going to make a fool of yourself.

Annie Dillard

Much has been written about the life of the mind.

Much has been written about the life of the mind.

Annie Dillard

Eskimo: 'If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?' Priest: 'No, not if you did not know.' Eskimo: 'Then why did you tell me?'

Eskimo: 'If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?' Priest: 'No, not if you did not know.' Eskimo: 'Then why did you tell me?'

Annie Dillard

I woke in bits, like all children, piecemeal over the years. I discovered myself and the world, and forgot them, and discovered them again.

I woke in bits, like all children, piecemeal over the years. I discovered myself and the world, and forgot them, and discovered them again.

Annie Dillard

The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of a stunt pilot's turning barrel rolls, or an inchworm's blind rearing from a stem in search of a route. At its worst, it feels like alligator wrestling, at the level of the sentence.

Annie Dillard

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

I can't dance anymore. Total knee replacements. I can't do anything anymore.

I can't dance anymore. Total knee replacements. I can't do anything anymore.

Annie Dillard

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