Quote by: Annie Dillard

I am a sacrifice bound with cords to the horns of the world's rock altar, waiting for worms. I take a deep breath, I open my eyes. Looking, I see there are worms in the horns of the altar like live maggots in amber, there are shells of worms in the rock and moths flapping at my eyes. A wind from no place rises. A sense of the real exults me; the cords loosen: I walk on my way.


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Author Bio


  • NameAnnie Dillard
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornApril 30, 1945
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Author; Novelist
  • WorksThe Maytrees
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Pulitzer Prize For General Non-Fiction