“A moment of peace and silence, breathing in and out the frigid air, watching daylight seep into the forest, hearing the first chatter of distant crows, the wind sighing over the snow and through th...”

“Though at opposite ends of our country, Maine and Hawaii are, other than climate, much alike. Places where you say who you are, be who you are, keep your word, and don't cheat or lie to take advant...”

“Then I remembered how she was - fiery, ruthless, smart, and despite herself very caring, not a person who hurts anyone.”

“She was at the same table near the back where three nights ago I'd sat entranced by her songs. And where the two of us had talked like old friends.”

“These steel monstrosities screamed night and day, blotted out the starlit skies and Northern Lights with flashing red strobes, slaughtered thousands of bats and entire flocks of birds banished tour...”

“Wind blew snow crystals back and forth between the graves. The ancient pines creaked overhead.”

“As the sun shines I will make hayTo keep failure at bayFor there remaineth a payFor my honest toil each day.”

“On the rocks of a bay so blue, it made her gray eyes glow.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

“Every man who has reached even his intellectual teens begins to suspect that life is no farce that it is not genteel comedy even that it flowers and fructifies on the contrary out of the profoundes...”

“Let us love. Let our lives be a perpetual song of love for God, first of all, and for all human beings who suffer, love, and mourn. Let deep joy live in us. Let us be like the lark, enemy of the ni...”