Amy Timberlake > Quotes

“Living with uncertainty is like having a rock in your shoe. If you can’t remove the rock, you have to figure out how to walk despite it. There is simply no other choice.”
― Amy Timberlake, One Came Home

“I say let all the earth be alive and overwhelmingly so. Let the sky be pressed to bursting with wings, beaks, pumping hearts, and driving muscles. Let it be noisy. Let it make a mess. Then let me find my allotted space. Let me feel how I bump up against every other living thing on this earth. Let me learn to spin.”
― Amy Timberlake, One Came Home

“fastest way to win a kingdom is by being kind and gentle instead of using violence and cruelty. Do”
― Amy Timberlake, Skunk and Badger

“Mountain lion!”
― Amy Timberlake, That Girl Lucy Moon

“friend, guide to life, and the eighth wonder of my world.”
― Amy Timberlake, One Came Home

“If these were the foresmellings, I expected nothing less than fully ripe putrescence by, say, ten o’clock.”
― Amy Timberlake, One Came Home

“Still, my sister alive meant more to me than any coin.”
― Amy Timberlake, One Came Home

“It is a mistake to underestimate chickens. Chickens continually surprise.”
― Amy Timberlake, Egg Marks the Spot: A Skunk and Badger Story

“Pigeoners (some professional game dealers, most opportunists) came from every corner of the United States—Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Massachusetts, Alabama, and Louisiana (to name a few).”
― Amy Timberlake, One Came Home

“Has to pay for his company. If you take my meaning.”
― Amy Timberlake, One Came Home