Sunday, December 2, 2012

Thought for the Day

Why are we reading, if not in hope
of beauty laid bare, life heightened
and its deepest mystery probed?
. . . We still and always want waking.
~ Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
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Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author; Member, Academy of Arts and Letters; Painter

1 comment:

  1. That last line is so incredibly powerful!

    As is Annie Dillard and her writing.

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