It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether I wish it or know it or care, as a closed book on a shelf continues to whisper to itself its own inexhaustible tale.


Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (ed. Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd, 2011) - ISBN: 9781848250789

Annie Dillard Quotes

It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether I wish it or know it or care, as a closed book...

It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether I wish it or know it or care, as a closed book...

It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether I wish it or know it or care, as a closed book...

It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether I wish it or know it or care, as a closed book...