#nature

I hope it is not necessary for me to stress the platonic nature of our relationship- not platonic in the purest sense, there was no philosophical discourse, but we certainly didn't fuck, which is usually what people mean by platonic; which I bet would really piss Plato off, that for all his thinking and chatting his name has become an adjective for describing sexless trysts. ↗

— Russell Brand

#plato #platonic #russell-brand #nature

I can't tell them what to do!" "Why not?" the other girl demanded. "Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority, I just don't know what I'll do with you. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #isabelle-lightwood #mortal-instruments #nature

There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace. ↗

— Aldo Leopold

#living #nature #nature

The glitter in the sky looks as if I could scoop it all up in my hands and let the stars swirl and touch one another but they are so distant so very far apart that they cannot feel the warmth of each other even though they are made of burning. ↗

— Beth Revis

#nature #stars #nature

Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#nature

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones. ↗

— Jules Verne

#brave #cannot #human #laws #may

As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way. ↗

— Mary Anne Radmacher

#giving #kindness #light #nature

I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness. ↗

— Aldo Leopold

#nature #wilderness #nature

As if the night had said to me, ‘You are the night and the night alone understands you and enfolds you in its arms’ One with the shadows. Without nightmare. An inexplicable peace. ↗

— Anne Rice

#nature

Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#thoughtful #water #nature