Quote by Annie Dillard
People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for

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

Other quotes by Annie Dillard

Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone. – Annie Dillard

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alone
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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. – Annie Dillard

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Age
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Appealing workplaces are to be avoided. One wants a room with no view, so imagination can meet memory in the dark. – Annie Dillard

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Imagination
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To be adult is to be alone. – Jean Rostand

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Talent alone wont make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: Are your ready? – Johnny Carson

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We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free. – Epictetus

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It is better to be alone than in bad company. – George Washington

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