"I do not so much write a book as sit up with it, as a dying friend. I hold its hand and hope it will get better."

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Annie Dillard

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“I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.”
“Did that hurt? On your lip?" "Not too much. I said a few choice four-letter words, though.”
“Objectivity is a fallacy...there are different opinions, but you dont give them equal weight.”
“Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses, the Grammar Police aren't going to come and take you away. Even William Strunk, that Mussolini of rhetoric, recognized the delicious pliability of language. "It is an old observation," he writes, "that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric." Yet he goes on to add this thought, which I urge you to consider: "Unless he is certain of doing well, [the writer] will probably do best to follow the rules."”
“If you don't set a very big, aggressive goal, you're never going to get anywhere.”
“Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.”
“The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare.”
“Worship and spiritual hunger make you so attractive to God that your circumstances cease to matter anymore. He will move heaven and earth to find a worshiper. When you begin to worship with all your being and desire, your heart turns Him toward you. You capture His attention and attracts His affection.”

Source : Tommy Tenney (2002). “The God Catchers: Experiencing the Manifest Presence of God”, p.13, Thomas Nelson Inc

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