I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.

Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.

I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts, but they needed constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do.

There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time.

The birds brought seeds & flowers & bits of brightly colored string & placed them in her hair while she slept so she would remember the wild joy of spring when she finally awoke.

The most important thing you leave behind is the stuff that turns into treasures when children find it