Alone 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 37
be the best People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at... Annie Dillard 54
Alone Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone. Annie Dillard 31
Beauty As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. Annie Dillard 34
Birthday 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... Annie Dillard 48
