Annie Dillard






Annie Dillard

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born
April 30, 1945

gender
female

place of birth
Pittsburgh, PA, The United States

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genre
Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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avg rating: 4.00 | 11,202 ratings | 1,855 reviews | 35 distinct works | 64 fans
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
by Annie Dillard
avg rating 4.13 — 2,791 ratings — published 1974
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An American Childhood An American Childhood
by Annie Dillard
avg rating 3.99 — 1,322 ratings — published 1987
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The Maytrees: A Novel The Maytrees: A Novel
by Annie Dillard
avg rating 3.46 — 1,442 ratings — published 2007
8 editions
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The Writing Life The Writing Life
by Annie Dillard
avg rating 4.01 — 1,209 ratings — published 1989
6 editions
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For the Time Being For the Time Being
by Annie Dillard
avg rating 4.21 — 798 ratings — published 1999
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Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expe... Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters
by Annie Dillard
avg rating 4.21 — 770 ratings — published 1983
9 editions
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Holy the Firm Holy the Firm
by Annie Dillard
avg rating 4.23 — 719 ratings — published 1977
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The Living: A Novel The Living: A Novel
by Annie Dillard
avg rating 3.81 — 509 ratings — published 1992
11 editions
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Living by Fiction Living by Fiction
by Annie Dillard
avg rating 3.95 — 209 ratings — published 1983
3 editions
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Three by Annie Dillard: The Wr... Three by Annie Dillard: The Writing Life, An American Childhood, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
by Annie Dillard
avg rating 4.37 — 162 ratings — published 1990
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"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. "
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"Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you"
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"What does it feel like to be alive?
Living, you stand under a waterfall. You leave the sleeping shore deliberately; you shed your dusty clothes, pick your barefoot way over the high, slippery rocks, hold your breath, choose your footing, and step into the waterfall. The hard water pelts your skull, bangs in bits on your shoulders and arms. The strong water dashes down beside you and you feel it along your calves and thighs rising roughly backup, up to the roiling surface, full of bubbles that slide up your skin or break on you at full speed. Can you breathe here? Here where the force is the greatest and only the strength of your neck holds the river out of your face. Yes, you can breathe even here. You could learn to live like this. And you can, if you concentrate, even look out at the peaceful far bank where you try to raise your arms. What a racket in your ears, what a scattershot pummeling!
It is time pounding at you, time. Knowing you are alive is watching on every side your generation's short time falling away as fast as rivers drop through air, and feeling it hit."
Annie Dillard (An American Childhood)
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