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The Writing Life

In this collection of short essays, Annie Dillard—the author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and An American Childhood—illuminates the dedication, absurdity, and daring that characterize the existence of a writer. A moving account of Dill

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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. A schedule is a mock-up of reason and order—willed, faked, and so brought into being; it is a peace and a haven set into the wreck of…”

— Annie Dillard, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Writing, Time, schedule, Routine

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing.”

— Annie Dillard, amazon.com

Tagged: Life, Writing, Time