People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.
Annie Dillard
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More quotes by Annie Dillard
- The surest sign of age is loneliness.
- There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true inflections of spoken English, but with not one recognizable syllable.
- It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere.
- People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.
- Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone.