I know of no restorative of heart, body, and soul more effective against hopelessness than the restoration of the Earth.

You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light.

real beauty is so deep you have to move into darkness to understand it.

The attempt to close the gap between what is known and what IS, is the temptation behind the apple in Genesis.

It is the imagination that gives shape to the universe.

Over the years, one comes to measure a place, too, not just for the beauty it may give, the balminess of its breezes, the insouciance and relaxation it encourages, the sublime pleasures it offers, but for what it teaches. The way in which it alters our perception of the human. It is not so much that you want to return to indifferent or difficult places, but that you want to not forget.

Remember on this one thing, said Badger. The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. That is why we put these stories in each other's memories. This is how people care for themselves.