"Nature is not a place to visit, it is home." - Gary Snyder
“In a child's eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.”
― N.K. Jemisin
"The vampire is an outsider. He's the perfect metaphor for those things. He's someone who looks human and sounds human, but is not human, so he's always on the margins." — Anne Rice
“All skateboarding is putting ideas into action.” — Marc Johnson
"Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that's real." - Amy Grant
“What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?”
― Angie Thomas
“I don’t know the future. I didn’t come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it’s going to begin.” – Neo
“Bikini, pools, relaxation! It's all I need.” - Unknown
Sexiness is a state of mind - a comfortable state of being. It's about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments.
-Halle Berry
“Clay is a very interesting and fundamental material: it's earth, it's water, and - with fire - it takes on form and life.” - Rithy Panh
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”– Henri Matisse
“Be like the sun; it does not look for the spotlight; the limelight travels with it wherever it goes.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo
“And I was constantly trying to stay in body, so to speak. It feels very surreal, and I go away to a happy place where I'm there but not really there. I was just trying to enjoy the night, I guess is what I'm saying. We had a lovely after-party. “
— James Ponsoldt
“If life is a journey, I am all about enjoying the ride.”
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." - Lao Tzu
Helen Keller: "Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows".
