“Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.”
― Sandry's Book
― Sandry's Book
“We always used to think it didn’t matter, that when you mined out one area, or farmed it out, or overgrazed it, you could move to new country beyond the hills, keep moving West. But there are no new places to go anymore. The land is full. We have to stay where we are, take care of what we have. There isn’t going to be anything else.”
― The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West
― The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West
“Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.”
― Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales
― Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales
“The music, while it lasted, brought a new world into being.”
― Jayber Crow
― Jayber Crow
“Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how. To plant a pine, for example, one need be neither god nor poet; one need only own a shovel. By virtue of this curious loophole in the rules, any clodhopper may say: Let there be a tree - and there will be one.”
― A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
― A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
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