"A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time."
-Annie Dillard
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"There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable.“
-Annie Dillard
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"As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker."
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"There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind."
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"Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark."
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"Eskimo: 'If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?' Priest: 'No, not if you did not know.' Eskimo: 'Then why did you tell me?'"
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"I would like to learn, or remember, how to live."
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