Pat

“Snow was falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for being was nothing more
than prettiness.”
― Mary Oliver

“Some things ought to exist outside capitalism, and wildness should be one of them.”
― Janisse Ray, Wild Spectacle: Seeking Wonders in a World Beyond Humans

“Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.”
― Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, A Life For A Life

“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
― Rumi