Violet

“Let me keep company always with those who say “Look!” and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.”
― Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

“If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much.”
― Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

“Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

“Finally I saw that worrying had come to nothing. And gave it up. And took my old body and went out into the morning, and sang.”
― Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver