Authors - Annie Dillard
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Quote 1292by Anonymous on 12/01/2011
No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?
Quote 1764by Anonymous on 16/01/2011
Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"
Quote 4233by Anonymous on 18/02/2011
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Quote 9076by Anonymous on 16/06/2012
I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.
Quote 13971by Anonymous on 27/09/2013
There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.