Annie Dillard

The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard put to call it living. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#call #dies #does #hard #i

The Pulitzer is more useful than meaningful. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#more #pulitzer #than #useful

The writer studies literature, not the world. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#studies #world #writer

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

#did #go #go to hell #god #hell

There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#days #good #hard #lives #shortage

When I teach, I preach. I thump the Bible. I exhort my students morally. I talk to them about the dedicated life. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#bible #dedicated #exhort #i #life

Write about winter in the summer. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#summer #winter #write

Write as if you were dying. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#were #write #you

You are wrong if you think that you can in any way take the vision and tame it to the page. The page is jealous and tyrannical; the page is made of time and matter; the page always wins. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#any #jealous #made #matter #page

You can't test courage cautiously. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#courage #test #you