“Family isn't blood. It's the people who love you. The people who have your back.”
― City of Heavenly Fire
― City of Heavenly Fire
“A bad friend is worse than an enemy, an enemy you can see and avoid, but to detect an insincere friend is hard”
― The Great Pearl of Wisdom
― The Great Pearl of Wisdom
“I have often noticed that these things, which obsess me, neither bother nor impress other people even slightly. I am horribly apt to approach some innocent at a gathering, and like the ancient mariner, fix him with a wild, glitt’ring eye and say, “Do you know that in the head of the caterpillar of the ordinary goat moth there are two hundred twenty-eight separate muscles?” The poor wretch flees. I am not making chatter; I mean to change his life.”
― Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
― Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
“There is a sacredness in tears....They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
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“If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.”
― The Crocodile Hunter: The Incredible Life and Adventures of Steve and Terri Irwin
― The Crocodile Hunter: The Incredible Life and Adventures of Steve and Terri Irwin
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