Smoke on the Wind Quotes

“Because we lack that deep connection to our neighbors today, are our souls suffering? Is that why so many people are suffering from mental illness and why we have societal atrocities like mass shootings?”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“The valley, its people- even the firs, bracken, heather, and stones- were as much a part of her as her bones and flesh.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“The hardest part of being a parent is letting go.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“Who would she become without the mountains, lochs, rivers, asnd glens? Who was she without her people, her history, her traditions?”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“People of her class were always treated unfairly, were always bullied by superiors. The landed gentry took what they wanted, when they wanted it, without care for the innocent people who were hurt along the way.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“... they were not simply renting the land their homes and farms were on; they'd paid for it with their own blood and that of their loved ones and ancestors. The roots of their souls were buried deep on the land.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“It's Rowchoish Bothy. You can find bothies all over Scotland in remote areas. They're free for anyone to use when out hunting or hiking.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“Other than Native Americans, we all came from somewhere else, and we lack that soul-deep connection to a place or a community like people have in these older countries with a long, known history.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“We want to feel like our time on Earth matters, and we accomplish that by connecting with something bigger than us that will remain after we're gone.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“It's amazing how all the tiny cuts and stabs in a relationship can add up to become a traumatic wound.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“I am connected to the people who walked here before me and to the people who will walk here after me. The moor knows this. The mountains know this. Only people have forgotten that we are one with everything around us.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“The stone had stripes of different colors, from red to gray to black, and sparkled throughout with shining flecks. She rubbed her fingers over it, feeling the rough texture and the love from her son that it held in its cool hardness. He was right: this was a treasure.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“I'll always be your mom first and everything else second.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“It seemed that landowners across Scotland had been infected by a lust for the money to be gotten from sheep. Even after all that the people had given to their clans for centuries, chiefs considered them expendable.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“Is that why I see her, know her thoughts, understand her language, feel her emotions? Because we both stood on this bridge thinking about how much we're going to miss our sons?”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“She was so tired of it all. One class of people looking down on another.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“My purpose is not ending; it's simply changing, altering, shifting, evolving. And that's a good thing. That's living.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind

“By slowing down and replacing the commotion of buses, cars, and crowds with birds, lakes, mountains, and wide-open skies, I connect with my own thoughts and emotions and senses, and, for once, am truly present.”
― Kelli Estes, Smoke on the Wind