Quote by Annie Dillard Download Open image ““The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind.”” — Annie Dillard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Our lives are spent sailing in the mist, hoping for a burst of sunlight that can make sense of who we are.” — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
“I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. It is possible, in… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“If the windmill should prove too formidable, I may see what can be done with the wind.” — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
“ships sails in many directions, but it is the same wind responsible to their destinations.” — Yuddandisivasubramanyam Copy Share Image
“If the windmill should prove too formidable," said he, from the threshold, "I may see what can be done with the wind.” — Rafael Sabatini Copy Share Image
“The sun sets at the speed of light, so I thought I also might leave this Port of Woe on tall ships made of… — Daniel Bejar Copy Share Image
“Just like the sun coming up yonder out of the sea, pushing rays of light ahead of it.” — Esther Forbes Copy Share Image
“This is a spendthrift economy; though nothing is lost, all is spent.” — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Nothing moves a woman so deeply as the boyhood of the man she loves. — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
We live in all we seek. The hidden shows up in too-plain sight. It lives captive on the face of the obvious - the… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“...The mockingbird took a single step into the air and dropped. His wings were still folded against his sides as though he were singing… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“Father had stretched out his long legs and was tilting back in his chair. Mother sat with her knees crossed, in blue slacks, smoking… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
It should surprise no one that the life of the writer - such as it is - is colorless to the point of sensory… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
It is madness to wear ladies' straw hats and velvet hats to church; we should all be wearing crash helmets. Ushers should issue life… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain. This is philosophically interesting in a rather mournful way, since it means… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“What can we make of the inexpressible joy of children? It is a kind of gratitude, I think—the gratitude of the ten-year-old who wakes… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
