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List of Annie Dillard Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 314 inspiring quotes by Annie Dillard.

About Annie Dillard

  • Born: April 30, 1945
  • Occupation: Author
    • Don't save something good for a later place. don't hold back from your students, from the poor, don't try to keep anything for yourself 'cause it'll turn to ashes.
    Trying Ashes Causes
    Old memories are very easy to get except that once you write about something you've destroyed it.
    Memories Writing Easy
    The creative process obtains in all creative acts. so if i'm painting suddenly i'll see something that i didn't see before.
    Creative Painting Process
    I write in my own journal when something extraordinary or funny happens. and there's some nice imagery in there. i don't think of what to do with it.
    Nice Writing Thinking
    I had good innings, as the british say. i wrote for 38 years at the top of my form, and i wanted to quit on a high note.
    Years Quitting Form
    Cruelty is a mystery, and the waste of pain. but if we describe a word to compass these things, a world that is a long, brute game, then we bump against another mystery: the inrush of power and delight, the canary that sings on the skull.
    Pain Games Skulls
    Every day is a god, each day is a god, and holiness holds forth in time.
    Each Day Holiness
    The morning woods were utterly new. a strong yellow light pooled beneath the trees; my shadow appeared and vanished on the path, since a third of the trees i walked under were still bare, a third spread a luminous haze wherever they grew, and another third blocked the sun with new, whole leaves. the snakes were out - i saw a bright, smashed one on the path - and the butterflies were vaulting and furling about; the phlox was at its peak, and even the evergreens looked greener, newly created and washed.
    Strong Morning Butterfly
    I work mornings only. i go out to lunch. afternoons i play with the baby, walk with my husband, or shovel mail.
    Baby Morning Husband
    But enough is enough. one turns at last even from glory itself with a sigh of relief. from the depths of mystery, and even from the heights of splendor, we bounce back and hurry for the latitudes of home.
    Home Sigh Of Relief Height
    It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. but i long ago realized i was secretly sincere.
    Silly Writing Long Ago
    Whenever an encounter between a writer of good will and a regular person of good will happens to touch on the subject of writing, each person discovers, dismayed, that good will is of no earthly use. the conversation cannot proceed.
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