Our family was on the lunatic fringe. My mother was always completely irrepressible. My father made crowd noises into a microphone. Annie Dillard completelycrowdfamily Change image and share on social
As a life's work, I would remember everything - everything, against loss. I would go through life like a plankton net. Annie Dillard lifelossnet Change image and share on social
It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere. Annie Dillard ageagofinally Change image and share on social
How can people think that artists seek a name? There is no such thing as an artist - only the world, lit or unlit, as the world allows. Annie Dillard artistlightpeople Change image and share on social
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 eskimogodhell Change image and share on social
According to Inuit culture in Greenland, a person possesses six or seven souls. The souls take the form of tiny people scattered throughout the body. Annie Dillard bodycultureform Change image and share on social
Crystals grew inside rock like arithmetic flowers. They lengthened and spread, added plane to plane in an awed and perfect obedience to an absolute geometry that even stones - maybe only the stones - understood. Annie Dillard absoluteaddarithmetic share on social
The Pulitzer is more useful than meaningful. Annie Dillard meaningfulpulitzer Change image and share on social
The notion of the infinite variety of detail and the multiplicity of forms is a pleasing one; in complexity are the fringes of beauty, and in variety are generosity and exuberance. Annie Dillard beautycomplexitydetail Change image and share on social
