Scavenging Quotes

“Some patient dogs had waited a long time for the fatest bone to come, but the impatient had gone to scavenge for the little it could see.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson

“This sudden sweet loot appearing, I felt like we were tricking the world—living in urban loopholes.”
― Aspen Matis, Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

“In the hollow between two branches, she found the hairy seed of a beechnut. It would be perfect for her collection---the windowsill of her bedroom was lined with such treasures: the gold spiral of a snail's shell, the silken remains of a butterfly's cocoon.”
― Emilia Hart, Weyward

“Scavenge not for fruits where you planted no trees. Dig not for gold where you buried no treasures.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, These Words Pour Like Rain