Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah

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“You don’t have to say anything.”
He sat back in his chair. “I won’t. As always, words fail when you most want to say the right thing.” “People think they have to say something, and it never makes me feel better.”
“I know. I’ve decided language isn’t as advanced as we think it is. We’re still apes trying to express our thoughts with grunts while most of what we want to communicate stays locked in our brains.”

― Glendy Vanderah, Where the Forest Meets the Stars

The Future Of Life

253

The future of life on earth depends on our ability to see the sacred where others see only the common. ~ John Denver

Dirt Paths

229

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt. ~ John Muir

The World On My Wall

348

The World on my wall is a majestic escape when I’m lying in bed on difficult days.

A natural scene full of wonder and charm to calm my heart in the midst of the storm.

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

371

How many feelings can one heart hold?… Infinite, Luna thought. The way the universe is infinite. It is light and dark and endless motion; it is space and time, and space within space, and time within time. And she knew: there is no limit to what the heart can carry.