There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.
Annie Dillard
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Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common. -
He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her. -
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Love of man for woman - love of woman for man. That's the nature, the meaning, the best of life itself. -
I mean, if a person acts irresponsibly in his own life, he will pay the consequences. And it's not so much divine retribution as it's built into the law of nature.
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- 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.