"The interior life is often stupid." — Annie Dillard

"The interior life is often stupid."

— Annie Dillard

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260 Quotes by Annie Dillard

Annie Dillard has 260 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed.
Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a…
We are here to witness the creation and to abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each…
You empty yourself and wait, listening. After a time you hear it: There is nothing there...You feel the world's word…
The way we live our days, is the way we live our lives.
I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.
I think the dying pray at the last not "please," but "thank you," as a guest thanks his host at…
I think that the dying pray at the last not please but thank you, as a guest thanks his host…
Learn punctuation; it is your little drum set, one of the few tools oyu have to signal the reader where…
Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed?
The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you…
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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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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