"Caring passionately about something isn't against nature, and……" — Annie Dillard
"Caring passionately about something isn't against nature, and it isn't against human nature. It's what we're here to do."
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260 Quotes by Annie Dillard
Annie Dillard has 260 quotes on this site.
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If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed.
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Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a…
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We are here to witness the creation and to abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each…
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You empty yourself and wait, listening. After a time you hear it: There is nothing there...You feel the world's word…
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The way we live our days, is the way we live our lives.
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I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.
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I think the dying pray at the last not "please," but "thank you," as a guest thanks his host at…
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I think that the dying pray at the last not please but thank you, as a guest thanks his host…
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Learn punctuation; it is your little drum set, one of the few tools oyu have to signal the reader where…
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Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed?
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The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you…
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When you write, you lay out a line of words. The line of words is a miner's pick, a wood…
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
— Aristotle
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
— Aristotle
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The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are…
— Teresa of Avila
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Learn as much by writing as by reading.
— Lord Acton
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will…
— Abigail Adams
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't…
— Bernard Baruch
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If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things.…
— Martha Beck
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Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals.
— Martha Beck
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Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing…
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I have friends who wear Star Wars costumes and act like the characters all day. I may not be that…
— Kristen Bell
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
— Aesop
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If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
— Derek Bok
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