Annie Dillard

I can't dance anymore. Total knee replacements. I can't do anything anymore. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#anything #dance #i #knee #replacements

I noticed this process of waking, and predicted with terrifying logic that one of these years not far away I would be awake continuously and never slip back, and never be free of myself again. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#awake #away #back #continuously #far

I woke in bits, like all children, piecemeal over the years. I discovered myself and the world, and forgot them, and discovered them again. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#bits #children #discovered #forgot #i

I worked so hard all my life, and all I want to do now is read. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#i #life #my life #now #read

I'm a housewife: I spend far more time on housework than anything else. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#else #far #housewife #housework #i

If you're going to publish a book, you probably are going to make a fool of yourself. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#fool #going #make #probably #publish

It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#ago #finally #how #i #learn

Matters of taste are not, it turns out, moral issues. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#matters #moral #moral issues #out #taste