Author: Annie Dillard

Quotes

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

- Annie Dillard

Just think: in all the clean, beautiful reaches of the solar system, our planet alone is a blot; our planet alone has death.

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

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

- 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

You can't test courage cautiously.

You can't test courage cautiously.

- Annie Dillard

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

- Annie Dillard

I'm a housewife: I spend far more time on housework than anything else.

I'm a housewife: I spend far more time on housework than anything else.

- Annie Dillard

Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone.

Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone.

- Annie Dillard

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.

- Annie Dillard

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