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Annie Dillard is an American author known for her unique writing style and profound observations of nature. Born on April 30, 1945, she has written several notable works, including 'Pilgrim at Tinker Creek' and 'Under the Sun'.

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“I don't know what it is about fecundity that so appalls. I suppose it is the teeming evidence that birth and growth, which we value, are ubiquitous and blind, that life itself is so astonishingly cheap, that nature is as careless as it is bountiful, and that with extravagance goes a crushing waste that will one day include our own cheap lives.”

Knows Values Growth Atheism Birth One Day Waste Evidence Blind Positive Atheism Crush Careless Extravagance

Author:Annie Dillard

“We teach our children one thing only, as we were taught: to wake up. We teach our children to look alive there, to join by words and activities the life of human culture on the planet”

Life Humans Looks Children Culture Teach Alive One Thing Taught Planets Activity Wake Up Our Children

Book:Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

Source: Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

“All my books started out as extravagant and ended up pure and plain.”

Book Pure Extravagant

Author:Annie Dillard

“I worked so hard all my life, and all I want to do now is read.”

Want Hard

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“There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under the Buddha's bo tree. I invite you to go sit under that tree by your street.”

Nature Tree Streets Enlightenment Invites

Author:Annie Dillard

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Born: April 30, 1945
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Quotes: 405

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PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEKRelated source material

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