There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. A life of good days lived in the senses is not enough. The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less; time is ample and its passage sweet. Who would call a day spent reading a good day? But a life spent reading -- that is a good life.
We live in all we seek. - Annie Dillard
We live in all we seek.
- Annie Dillard
You do what you do out of your private love of the thing itself. - Annie Dillard
You do what you do out of your private love of the thing itself.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. - Annie Dillard
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
We are here to witness the creation and to abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed. Together we notice not only each mou… - Annie Dillard
We are here to witness the creation and to abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed. Together we notice not only each mou…
Make connections; let rip; and dance where you can. - Annie Dillard
Make connections; let rip; and dance where you can.
Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you. - Annie Dillard
Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you.
Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery. - Annie Dillard
Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery.
How you spend your days is how you spend your life. - Annie Dillard
How you spend your days is how you spend your life.
No one escapes the wilderness on the way to the promised land. - Annie Dillard
No one escapes the wilderness on the way to the promised land.
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