calliope

“A peace brought about with the threat of violence is only a war in waiting.”
― Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

“In the end, you were a part of the sky on loan to a body. A part of the sea that awoke to thought. A part of the Earth who carried a name.”
― Jarod K. Anderson, Something in the Woods Loves You

“Fifty thousand years ago, an elk was struck by lightning and lived. The ache of it stayed in her bones the rest of her life. There was no human there to see it or record it in words, yet it’s just as much a part of earth’s essential history as any song lingering in a billion human minds. So why should we think of language as the lifeblood of knowledge or the currency of legitimate existence?”
― Jarod K. Anderson, Something in the Woods Loves You

“I close my eyes and try to breathe but the end of the world is in my throat.”
― Anne de Marcken, It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over