Annie Dillard Quotes

I couldn’t unpeach the peaches. Annie Dillard Picture Quote

I couldn’t unpeach the peaches.

— Annie Dillard

Crystals grew inside rock like arithmetic flowers. They lengthened and spread, added Annie Dillard Picture Quote

Crystals grew inside rock like arithmetic flowers. They lengthened and spread, added

— Annie Dillard

Writers serve as the memory of a people. They chew over our public past. Annie Dillard Picture Quote

Writers serve as the memory of a people. They chew over our public past.

— Annie Dillard

Our family was on the lunatic fringe. My mother was always completely Annie Dillard Picture Quote

Our family was on the lunatic fringe. My mother was always completely

— Annie Dillard

The universe that suckled us is a monster that does not care Annie Dillard Picture Quote

The universe that suckled us is a monster that does not care

— Annie Dillard

By dipping us children in the Bible so often, they hoped, I Annie Dillard Picture Quote

By dipping us children in the Bible so often, they hoped, I

— Annie Dillard

Hone and spread your spirit till you yourself are a sail, whetted, Annie Dillard Picture Quote

Hone and spread your spirit till you yourself are a sail, whetted,

— Annie Dillard

In literary history, generation follows generation in a rage. Annie Dillard Picture Quote

In literary history, generation follows generation in a rage.

— Annie Dillard

The soul may ask God for anything, and never fail. Annie Dillard Picture Quote

The soul may ask God for anything, and never fail.

— Annie Dillard

You are wrong if you think that you can in any way Annie Dillard Picture Quote

You are wrong if you think that you can in any way

— Annie Dillard

Nature’s silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is Annie Dillard Picture Quote

Nature’s silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is

— Annie Dillard

You can, in short, lead the life of the mind, which is, Annie Dillard Picture Quote

You can, in short, lead the life of the mind, which is,

— Annie Dillard

Whenever an encounter between a writer of good will and a regular Annie Dillard Picture Quote

Whenever an encounter between a writer of good will and a regular

— Annie Dillard

Love so sprang at her, she honestly thought no one had ever Annie Dillard Picture Quote

Love so sprang at her, she honestly thought no one had ever

— Annie Dillard

It makes more sense to write one big book – a novel Annie Dillard Picture Quote

It makes more sense to write one big book – a novel

— Annie Dillard

If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love Annie Dillard Picture Quote

If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love

— Annie Dillard

God gave me a talent to draw. I ‘owed’ it to him to develop the talent. Annie Dillard Picture Quote

God gave me a talent to draw. I ‘owed’ it to him to develop the talent.

— Annie Dillard

There is always the temptation in life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy Annie Dillard Picture Quote

There is always the temptation in life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy

— Annie Dillard

The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest. Annie Dillard Picture Quote

The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest.

— Annie Dillard

The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful? Annie Dillard Picture Quote

The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful?

— Annie Dillard

About five years ago I saw a mockingbird make a straight vertical Annie Dillard Picture Quote

About five years ago I saw a mockingbird make a straight vertical

— Annie Dillard

A shepherd on a hilltop who looks at a mess of stars Annie Dillard Picture Quote

A shepherd on a hilltop who looks at a mess of stars

— Annie Dillard

The point of going somewhere like the Napo River in Ecuador is Annie Dillard Picture Quote

The point of going somewhere like the Napo River in Ecuador is

— Annie Dillard

You have to take pains in a memoir not to hang on Annie Dillard Picture Quote

You have to take pains in a memoir not to hang on

— Annie Dillard

The body of literature, with its limits and edges, exists outside some Annie Dillard Picture Quote

The body of literature, with its limits and edges, exists outside some

— Annie Dillard

The reader’s ear must adjust down from loud life to the subtle, Annie Dillard Picture Quote

The reader’s ear must adjust down from loud life to the subtle,

— Annie Dillard

Write about winter in the summer. Annie Dillard Picture Quote

Write about winter in the summer.

— Annie Dillard

At a certain point, you say to the woods, to the sea, Annie Dillard Picture Quote

At a certain point, you say to the woods, to the sea,

— Annie Dillard

Learn punctuation; it is your little drum set, one of the few Annie Dillard Picture Quote

Learn punctuation; it is your little drum set, one of the few

— Annie Dillard

When I was six or seven years old, growing up in Pittsburgh, Annie Dillard Picture Quote

When I was six or seven years old, growing up in Pittsburgh,

— Annie Dillard

Landscape consists in the multiple, overlapping intricacies and forms that exist in Annie Dillard Picture Quote

Landscape consists in the multiple, overlapping intricacies and forms that exist in

— Annie Dillard

There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street Annie Dillard Picture Quote

There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street

— Annie Dillard

What do I make of all this texture? What does it mean Annie Dillard Picture Quote

What do I make of all this texture? What does it mean

— Annie Dillard

There were no formerly heroic times, and there was no formerly pure Annie Dillard Picture Quote

There were no formerly heroic times, and there was no formerly pure

— Annie Dillard

One of the few things I know about writing is this: Spend Annie Dillard Picture Quote

One of the few things I know about writing is this: Spend

— Annie Dillard

Unless all ages and races of men have been deluded by the Annie Dillard Picture Quote

Unless all ages and races of men have been deluded by the

— Annie Dillard

There is a certain age at which a child looks at you Annie Dillard Picture Quote

There is a certain age at which a child looks at you

— Annie Dillard

Why do you never find anything written about that idiosyncratic thought you Annie Dillard Picture Quote

Why do you never find anything written about that idiosyncratic thought you

— Annie Dillard

If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we Annie Dillard Picture Quote

If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we

— Annie Dillard

When you open a book,” the sentimental library posters said, “anything can Annie Dillard Picture Quote

When you open a book,” the sentimental library posters said, “anything can

— Annie Dillard

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