Annie Dillard Famous Quotes & Sayings

As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell. — Francis Beaumont

I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels. — Conor Oberst

A simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town square test: Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm? If he can, then that person is living in a free society. If not, it's a fear society. — Natan Sharansky

Small things can start us off in new ways of thinking, and I was started off by the postage stamps of our area. — V.S. Naipaul

In every case the storyteller is a man who has counsel for his readers. — Walter Benjamin

Sustainability is a political choice, not a technical one. It's not a question of whether we can be sustainable, but whether we choose to be — Gary Lawrence

His palm rests on the knob so I can't try to shut him out again. Rain droplets glisten along his sleek hair, which no doubt took gallons of glaze and hours to perfect. It's the one part of his appearance Taelor will actually approve of.
As for me, I favour the messy look - hair out of sorts, body slicked in sweat with motor oil or watercolours splashed across his olive skin.
That's the Jeb I grew up with. The one I could count on. The one I've lost. — A.G. Howard