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Quotes from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek — Annie Dillard

1945–2026 United States

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For most creatures, being parasitized is a way of life—if you call that living.

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1976)

No claims of any and all revelations could be so far-fetched as a single giraffe.

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1976)

The intricacy of Ellery and aphids multiplied mindlessly into tons and light-years is more than extravagance; it is holocaust, parody, glut.

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974)

Even such sophisticated mammals as the great predator cats occasionally eat their cubs. A mother cat will be observed licking the area around the umbilical cord of the helpless newborn. She licks, she licks, she licks until something snaps in her brain, and she begins eating, starting there, at the vulnerable belly.

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1976)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Annie Dillard (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.