"The sensation of writing a book is the……" — Annie Dillard
"The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring."
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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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More Blinded Quotes
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O Woe to his blinded soul! Saying this, he as it were said to God: "Thou Thyself are guilty, because…
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Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.
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The most devastating effect of sin is that by it, we are blinded to it.
— Billy Graham
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Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees…
— Martin Luther
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Romantic poetry and fiction of the last 2000 years has blinded us to the fact that emotions are a low…
— Timothy Leary
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Scientists have reaped rich rewards, they have sat high in government councils and have been blinded by the attractiveness of…
— Frank Press
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The only perfect circle on the human body is the eye. When a baby is born it's so perfect, but…
— Richey Edwards
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In reviewing the history of the English Government, its wars and its taxes, a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor…
— Thomas Paine
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I think if you want to eat more meat you should kill it yourself and eat it raw so that…
— Unknown Author
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Thus will we deal with life, my little help-meet. Will we not, eh? What though it blink at us like…
— Leonid Andreyev
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But could not our situation be compared to one of a menacing epidemic? People are unable to view this situation…
— Albert Einstein
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I felt compelled to venture forth and explore the true face of the world. Leading a satisfying life of plenty…
— Unknown Author
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