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“Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To be healed we must come with all the other creatures to the feast of Creation.
(pg.99, "The Body and the Earth")”
― The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays
(pg.99, "The Body and the Earth")”
― The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays
“Breathe properly. Stay curious. And eat your beets.”
― Jitterbug Perfume
― Jitterbug Perfume
“My faith is whatever makes me feel good about being alive. If your religion doesn't make you feel good to be alive, what the hell is the point of it?”
― Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
― Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
“For how can one know color in perpetual green, and what good is warmth without cold to give it sweetness?”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.”
― The Conquest of Happiness
― The Conquest of Happiness
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