#ed

Everything is connected. The wing of the corn beetle affects the direction of the wind, the way the sand drifts, the way the light reflects into the eye of man beholding his reality. All is part of totality, and in this totality man finds his hozro, his way of walking in harmony, with beauty all around him. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#connectedness #harmony #hozro #life #nature

I wanted you before this, for who you are—so intelligent, brave— delicate and beautiful. But now, you have power and strength, too. Danger, thy name is Evie. You are something from a dream and I just want…” he trails off. ↗

— Amy A. Bartol

#beauty

Beautiful and diabolical. You make me impatient indeed to claim you. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#beauty

I was determined to carve out a music of my own. I didn't want to copy anybody. ↗

— Bill Monroe

#carve #copy #determined #i #music

A beautiful battle is one you don't have to fight ↗

— Robert Jordan

#mat #red-hand #beauty

Lookin' at ye is like baskin' in the summer sun after a long, cold winter. 'Tis like seein' home after a battle that's left ye empty and alone." He kissed her mouth, her nose, her eyes. "I dinna' know how 'tis possible, but each time I see ye, ye grow more beautiful to me. ↗

— Paula Quinn

#beauty

Education comes from living life, following passions, accessing information, observing, reflecting, and being inspired by wise and courageous elders in the community. ↗

— Claire Aumonier

#inspirational #courage

At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hongkong, the British Crown Colony, will be restored to China. This is not only an event which will be celebrated by patriotic Chinese; any patriotic American should celebrate it as well. ↗

— Robert Trout

#any #british #celebrate #celebrated #china

He was like a shattered stained-glass window: something beautiful that's broken; a million colours fallen on the ground where no light can get through. ↗

— Glenda Millard

#colours #light #stained-glass #beauty

Which is not to discount everything I've done in my past; everything I have learned tremendously from. ↗

— Rachel True

#done #everything #i #i have learned #learned