Naturewriting Quotes

“There's a reason we can't look away [from water]. Psycologists call it a 'soft fascination': the sight and sound of moving water is sufficiently stimulating to occupy the brain, but irregular enough that it doesn't become hypnotic or monotonous. It hold attention without dominating thought, freeing the mind to swim elsewhere.”
― Amy-Jane Beer, The Flow: Rivers, Water and Wildness

“Lying in the sun on baking-hot grass, having walked four miles before lunch and eaten a handful of elderberries straight from the tree, there's a lot to be said for being a vagrant. Lundy was directly ahead; we'd been walking towards it for days and very soon we'd be walking away.”
― Raynor Winn, The Salt Path