https://henrymadaga.com/categories/dillard/ en Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:07:50 +0300 https://henrymadaga.com/2026/10/16/giving-up-on-heaven/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:07:50 +0300 http://madaga.micro.blog/2026/10/16/giving-up-on-heaven/ <p>For the sake of dignity on earth?</p> <p>Annie Dillard, <em>An American Childhood</em> pg 109</p> <blockquote> <p>I was too aware to do this, and had done it anyway. What could touch me now? For what were the people Penn Avenue to me, or what was I to myself, really, but a witness to any boldness I could muster, or any cowardice if it came to that, any giving up on heaven for the sake of dignity on earth? I had not seen a great deal accomplished in the name of dignity, ever.</p> </blockquote> <p>Don&rsquo;t give up on heaven for the sake of dignity on earth. Very little is ever accomplished in the name of dignity.</p>