Lily

“The primary and most beautiful of Nature's qualities is motion.”
― Marquis de Sade

“Wood is soft compared to steel, but the sharp steel is dulled as it chops, and the sap of the tree will rust and pit it. The mighty axe does violence to the helpless tree, and is harmed by it. So it is with men, though the harm is in the spirit.”
― Robert Jordan, The Eye of the World

“To look at oneself and find it hideous, what a job! But then, when she hadn’t been hideous, had she sat around and stared at herself like this? Not much! A proper body’s not an object, not an implement, not a belonging to be admired, it’s just you, yourself. Only when it’s no longer you, but yours, a thing owned, do you worry about it— Is it in good shape? Will it do? Will it last?”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Day Before the Revolution

“When everything goes to hell around you, the only way to go is forward.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, Letters to the Lost