As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. - Annie Dillard 2 Share Now -
The notion of the infinite variety of detail and the multiplicity of forms is a pleasing one; in complexity are the fringes of beauty, and in variety are generosity and exuberance. - Annie Dillard 3 Share Now -
It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution. - Annie Dillard 4 Share Now -
There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. - Annie Dillard 5 Share Now -
Just think: in all the clean, beautiful reaches of the solar system, our planet alone is a blot; our planet alone has death. - Annie Dillard 6 Share Now -
Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark. - Annie Dillard 9 Share Now -
