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Famous Annie Dillard Quotes
“What could you say to a dying person that would not enrage by its triviality?”
“I breathed the air of history all unaware, and walked oblivious through its littered layers.”
“Writers serve as the memory of a people. They chew over our public past.”
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
“Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you.”
“I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.”
“The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.”
“As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.”
“Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone.”
“There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.”
“I'm a housewife: I spend far more time on housework than anything else.”
“There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by.”
“You can't test courage cautiously.”
“God gave me a talent to draw. I 'owed' it to him to develop the talent.”
“I can't dance anymore. Total knee replacements. I can't do anything anymore.”
“If you're going to publish a book, you probably are going to make a fool of yourself.”