Catherine

“You can control any situation if you first control yourself.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It

“Fifteen years ago I had an odd dream. In it, a medicinal plant that I was interested in, an Usnea lichen that is ubiquitous on trees throughout the world, told me that while it was good for healing human lungs it was primarily a medicine for the lungs of the planet, the trees. When I awoke, I was amazed. It had never occurred to me in quite that way that plants have some life and purpose outside their use to human beings.”
― Stephen Harrod Buhner

“My father hates cats. He says that there is no such thing as a cat — it is just a shape that all manner of imps, hobs and devilkins like to put on, to gain easy entrance into the homes of men.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“I throw my passport in the sea, And name you my country
I throw all of my dictionaries in the fire, and name you my language”
― Nizar Qabbani