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Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.
Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.
We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.
Nature abhors annihilation.
[Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.]
Nature abhors annihilation.
[Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.]
You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; read more
You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, and even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it read more
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes read more
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
Each is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path, to vanish read more
Each is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path, to vanish into the vast sea of God.
We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds.
We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds.