“Why do you never find anything written about that idiosyncratic thought you advert to, about your fascination with something no one else understands? Because it is up to you. There is something you find interesting, for a reason hard to explain. It is hard to explain because you have never read it on any page; there you begin.”
More from Annie Dillard
“A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding…”
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour,…”
“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”
“At night I read and write, and things I have never understood become clear.”