Annie Dillard

She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#literature #reading #literature

Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you ↗

— Annie Dillard

#life #inspirational

I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#life

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? ↗

— Annie Dillard

#god #religion #religion

You do not have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#meditative #inspirational

I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#necessity #passion #vocation #obedience

The secret is not to write about what you love best, but about what you, alone, love at all. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#love

He judged the instant and let go; he flung himself loose into the stars. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#fiction #inspirational #release #inspirational

I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#purpose #life

I would like to learn, or remember, how to live. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#how #i #learn #like #live