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Quote by Annie Dillard
As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pl

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker. – Annie Dillard

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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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A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. – Annie Dillard

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There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. – Annie Dillard

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I think beauty comes from within, and society paints a ridiculous picture. – Rachel Bilson

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Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false. – Richard Cecil

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Well, Ive never looked upon myself as being a beauty, per se. – Cate Blanchett

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For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity. – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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