Jennifer

“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, remembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.
Quick now, here, now, always—
A condition of complete simplicity
(Costing not less than everything)
And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.”
― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

“Civilized yards are all alike. Every wild yard is wild in its own way.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

“I love your uneven soul,
you bloom uniquely in my gardens
giving me the most extraordinary view
and upon tasting the edges of your temple
you do remind me of ice cream.”
― Evelyn Leilou Colon

“Rain filtered in scattered drops from the leaves; everywhere, an extraordinary moss ruled supreme over its private kingdom; thick and moving, poised on root and stone, it seemed to glitter.”
― Muriel Barbery, Une rose seule