“Just because you are soft doesn't mean you are not a force. Honey and wildfire are both the colour gold.”
― Edge of Wonder: Notes from the Wildness of Being
― Edge of Wonder: Notes from the Wildness of Being
“To love means to embrace and at the same time to withstand many endings, and many many beginnings—all in the same relationship.”
― Women Who Run With the Wolves
― Women Who Run With the Wolves
“The trout is still with me, as are my memories. The future is somewhere between these two forces, but it lives in mystery. The river records to trail behind or before me, and covers everything as it flows. This mountain and this river are old, yet as I wade alone, they both appear young and new to me.”
― The UnPeopled Season: Journal from a North Country Wilderness
― The UnPeopled Season: Journal from a North Country Wilderness
“You're going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don't do. You don't get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you're going to take. That's it.”
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“You don’t need extra food, extra water, extra clothing for extra warmth – anything extra. You don’t need soap or deodorant.
Everything you carry you should need daily.”
― Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
Everything you carry you should need daily.”
― Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
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