“Miles and years become suddenly invisible when you find yourself back where you started from, as if you've learned nothing and you are once again the person you once were.”
― The Memory of Water
― The Memory of Water
“Home is not only the place you start from, but the place you come back to...where dreams are sustained, hurts healed, where our stories are told.”
― Landscapes of the Soul: A Spirituality of Place
― Landscapes of the Soul: A Spirituality of Place
“Life is like gathering berries into an apron with a hole. Why do we keep on? Because the berries are beautiful, and we must eat to survive. We catch what we can. We walk past what we lose for the promise of more, just ahead.”
― Home Safe
― Home Safe
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