Annie Dillard

Aim for the chopping

Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block.
- Annie Dillard

Famous Quotes Topics: block, nothing, wood


Appealing workplaces are

Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark.
- Annie Dillard

Famous Quotes Topics: dark, imagination, memory, place, room, view, work


There is a

There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.
- Annie Dillard

Famous Quotes Topics: energy, sunlight, wind