When I walk with a camera, I walk from shot to shot, reading the light on a calibrated meter. When I walk without a camera, my own shutter opens, and the moment's light prints on my own silver gut. When I see this second way I am above all an unscrupulous observer.
Annie DillardWhy are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed?
Annie DillardI 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.
Annie Dillard