Annie Dillard Quotes About Quitting

Quotes about: Quitting

• The silence is all there is. It is the alpha and the omega, it is God's brooding over the face of the waters; it is the blinded note of the ten thousand things, the whine of wings. You take a step in the right direction to pray to this silence, and even to address the prayer to "World." Distinctions blur. Quit your tents. Pray without ceasing.

  Annie Dillard

  Prayer, Wings, Water

• Every spring he vowed to quit teaching school, and every summer he missed his pupils and searched for them on the streets.

  Annie Dillard

  Summer, Spring, Teaching

  Annie Dillard (1994). “The Annie Dillard reader”, Harpercollins

• I had good innings, as the British say. I wrote for 38 years at the top of my form, and I wanted to quit on a high note.

  Annie Dillard

  Years, Quitting, Form

  "Author Interview: Annie Dillard, Author of 'The Abundance'". Interview with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. March 12, 2016.

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