Miriam Bates

“What is the duty of humans? If gifts and responsibilities are one, then asking “What is our responsibility?” is the same as asking “What is our gift?” It is said that only humans have the capacity for gratitude. This is among our gifts.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

“We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy

“In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“To be brave is to not turn away. To be brave is to go forward. To be brave is to love.”
― Kate DiCamillo, The Beatryce Prophecy