Between earth and earth's atmosphere, the amount of water remains constant; there is never a drop more, never a drop less. This is a story of circular infinity, of a planet birthing itself.

Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.

Some people see scars, and it is wounding they remember. To me they are proof of the fact that there is healing.

There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.

tears have a purpose. they are what we carry of the ocean, and perhaps we must become the sea, give ourselves to it, if we are to be transformed.

We make art out of our loss.

It is a paradox in the contemporary world that in our desire for peace we must willingly give ourselves to struggle.

Poetry has its own laws speaking for the life of the planet. It is a language that wants to bring back together what the other words have torn apart.

The crocodile doesn't harm the bird that cleans his teeth for him. He eats the others but not that one.

Mystery is part of each life, and maybe it is healthier to uphold it than to spend a lifetime in search of half-made answers.

Telling about our lives is important for those who come after as, for those who will see our experience as part of their own historical struggle.

this place doesn't look like my America

No, I might not know what's coming, but I know where you're going.

Depriving our communities of libraries will deprive our society of its ability to survive. - Neil Gaiman

We are all here on earth to help others what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

In the mind and nature of a man a secret is an ugly thing, like a hidden physical defect.

If you decide to become a veterinary surgeon you will never grow rich, but you will have a life of endless interest and variety.

People are funny. When they are young, they will spend their health to get wealth. Later, they will gladly pay all they have trying to get their health back.

I come at a subject from a profoundly photographic level. I am not interested in pictures that ultimately don't work as pictures.

Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.

Once you stop believing in Santa Claus, the whole world just goes downhill.