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Annie Dillard quotes

American Author April 30, 1945

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Annie Dillard quote: "I saw in a blue haze all the world poured flat and pale..."
I saw in a blue haze all the world poured flat and pale between the mountains Annie Dillard
Having chosen this foolishness, I was a free being. How could the world ever stop me, how could I betray myself, if I was not afraid? Annie Dillard
I feel as though I stand at the foot of an infinitely high staircase, down which some exuberant spirit is flinging tennis ball after tennis ball, eternally, and the one thing I want in the world is a tennis ball. Annie Dillard
I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you. Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard quote: "The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse..."
The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out. Annie Dillard
Last forever!' Who hasn't prayed that prayer? You were lucky to get it in the first place. The present is a freely given canvas. That it is constantly being ripped apart and washed downstream goes without saying. Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard quote: "Many writers do little else but sit in small rooms recalling..."
Many writers do little else but sit in small rooms recalling the real world. Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard quote: "The writer studies literature, not the world."
The writer studies literature, not the world. Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard quote: "why did I have to keep learning this same thing over and over?"
why did I have to keep learning this same thing over and over? Annie Dillard
I'm getting used to this planet and to this curious human culture which is as cheerfully enthusiastic as it is cheerfully crue Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard quote: "Why do we people in churches seem like cheerful, brainless..."
Why do we people in churches seem like cheerful, brainless tourists on a packaged tour of the Absolute? Annie Dillard
The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard put to call it living. Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard quote: "Write as if you were dying."
Write as if you were dying. Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard quote: "You can't test courage cautiously."
You can't test courage cautiously. Annie Dillard
What is the difference between a cathedral and a physics lab? Are not they both saying: Hello? We spy on whales and on interstellar radio objects; we starve ourselves and pray till we're blue. Annie Dillard

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