Maja Reads

“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

“Some of the best talks in the world are those which a man has with himself. He who speaks to everybody except himself is a great fool.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“Shut your mouth; open your eyes and ears.”
― C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

“but who can feel ugly, when their heart feels joy”
― C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces