You must bind up any wounds you give the earth and you must feed her to replace what you take from her. Every gift she gives, every tree, every stalk of grain, costs her. Only if you repay your debts will she continue to provide.

There is no disgrace in peace. There can never be dishonor in peace.

Waiting is worse than knowing. Grief rends the heart cleanly, that it may begin to heal; waiting shreds the spirit.

Intuition is the voice of the spirit within you.

I'm only the instrument through which one particular art is expressed. Poetry flows through me but it originates in the wellspring of creation that is the source of us all. When you strike out at someone else's achievement you are attacking your own share of a great gift.

Bodies wear out to remind us they are temporary, and force us to spend more thought on our spirits

We’re born alone and we die alone, I accept that. But why, God, do we have to be alone in the middle?