I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the pa…

Annie Dillard
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I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. ✨ Annie Dillard (2016). The Abundance, p.121, Canongate Books
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The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.
You can serve or you can sing, and wreck your heart in prayer, working the world's hard work. ✨ Annie Dillard (1977). Holy the firm, HarperCollins Publishers
Admire the world for never ending on you -- as you would an opponent, without taking your eyes away from him, or walking away.
I breathed the air of history all unaware, and walked oblivious through its littered layers. ✨ Annie Dillard (2016). An American Childhood, p.68, Canongate Books
Nothing on earth is more gladdening than knowing we must roll up our sleeves and move back the boundaries of the humanly possible once more.

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