"The universe was not made in jest but……" — Annie Dillard
"The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest."
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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 Earnest Quotes
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So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their…
— Walter Bagehot
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Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your…
— Dave Barry
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It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
— Chuck Berry
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The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love.
— Kim Cattrall
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That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my…
— Charlie Chaplin
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Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
— Winston Churchill
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Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then…
— Jean Anouilh
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There is neither encouragement nor room in Bible religion for feeble desires, listless efforts, lazy attitudes; all must be strenuous,…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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Lord of the springtime, Father of flower, field and fruit, smile on us in these earnest days when the work…
— W. E. B. Du Bois
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If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as…
— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found…
— John Lancaster Spalding
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Methinks every true Christian should be exceedingly earnest in prayer concerning the souls of the ungodly; and when they are…
— Charles Spurgeon
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