More quotes by Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

"The soul may ask God for anything, and never fail."
— Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters Read More
"Could two live that way? Could two live under the wild rose, and explore by the pond, so that the smooth mind of each is as everywhere present to the other, and as received and as unchallenged, as falling snow?"
— Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters Read More
"Geography is the key, the crucial accident of birth. A piece of protein could be a snail, a sea lion, or a systems analyst, but it had to start somewhere. This is not science; it is merely metaphor. And the landscape in which the protein "starts"shapes its end as surely as bowls shape water."
— Annie Dillard, Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters Read More