Audra Ellis > Audra's Quotes

“The first supermarket supposedly appeared on the American landscape in 1946. That is not very long ago. Until then, where was all the food? Dear folks, the food was in homes, gardens, local fields, and forests. It was near kitchens, near tables, near bedsides. It was in the pantry, the cellar, the backyard.”
― Joel Salatin, Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World

“Why do farmers farm, given their economic adversities on top of the many frustrations and difficulties normal to farming? And always the answer is: "Love. They must do it for love." Farmers farm for the love of farming. They love to watch and nurture the growth of plants. They love to live in the presence of animals. They love to work outdoors. They love the weather, maybe even when it is making them miserable. They love to live where they work and to work where they live. If the scale of their farming is small enough, they like to work in the company of their children and with the help of their children. They love the measure of independence that farm life can still provide. I have an idea that a lot of farmers have gone to a lot of trouble merely to be self-employed to live at least a part of their lives without a boss.”
― Wendell Berry, Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food

“Every path has its puddles— yours seems to have a few land mines, too. It don’t make you any less than anyone else, it just makes what you have to do harder. Love that grows through adversity is stronger than any kind of regular love.”
― Danielle Stewart, Cutting Ties

“I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. —Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower”
― Aleatha Romig, Truth

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. —Mahatma Ghandi”
― Aleatha Romig, Truth

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. —John Wooden”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“We all have time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Others take us forward, they're called dreams. —Unknown”
― Aleatha Romig, Convicted

“Sleep is a fickle thing that has little to do with fatigue and everything to do with peace of mind.”
― Linda Castillo, Her Last Breath

“the past is a lot like a shadow on the ground behind you. Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not still there.”
― Andrew E. Kaufman, While the Savage Sleeps