I think the dying pray at the last not please but thank you as a guest thanks his host at the door.
Annie Dillard Quotes
The painter... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents.
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| Birth: | 30th April, 1945 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Author, Essayist, Novelist, Poet, Teacher |
About
Annie Dillard is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 work Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Dillard taught for 21 years in the English department of Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Connecticut.
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