Catherine

“You can control any situation if you first control yourself.”
― Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life and How To Play It

“If I Adore You

If I adore You out of fear of Hell, burn me in Hell!
If I adore you out of desire for Paradise,
Lock me out of Paradise.
But if I adore you for Yourself alone,
Do not deny to me Your eternal beauty.”
― Rabia al Basri

“Fifteen years ago I had an odd dream. In it, a medicinal plant that I was interested in, an Usnea lichen that is ubiquitous on trees throughout the world, told me that while it was good for healing human lungs it was primarily a medicine for the lungs of the planet, the trees. When I awoke, I was amazed. It had never occurred to me in quite that way that plants have some life and purpose outside their use to human beings.”
― Stephen Harrod Buhner

“She touched you twice,' he said in a little while. 'The first touch was to bring you to life again, but the second was for you.”
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn