Anabet Barr

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

“You must try,
the voice said, to become colder.
I understood at once.
It's like the bodies of gods: cast in bronze,
braced in stone. Only something heartless
could bear the full weight.”
― Jane Hirshfield

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Tree

It is foolish
to let a young redwood
grow next to a house.

Even in this
one lifetime,
you will have to choose.

That great calm being,
this clutter of soup pots and books--

Already the first branch-tips brush at the window.
Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life.”
― jane hirshfield