“There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.”
"You don’t have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it."
- Annie Dillard
Awareness
"How we spend our days is of course, how we spend our lives."
- Annie Dillard
Awareness
"The surest sign of age is loneliness."
- Annie Dillard
Aspirations
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
- Annie Dillard
Reflection
"Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a waterfall."
- Annie Dillard
Mindfulness
"Christmas is a time when you get homesick, even when you're home."
- Carol Nelson
Nature
"We count down the days just to experience it nearly exactly as we always have. It is so comfortable, familiar and perfectly nostalgic that, frankly, we have no desire to improve upon it at all."
- Joanna Gaines
Nature
"The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood."
- Richard Paul Evans
Nature
"Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime."
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nature
"We count down the days just to experience it nearly exactly as we always have. It is so comfortable, familiar, and perfectly nostalgic that, frankly, we have no desire to improve upon it at all."
- Joanna Gaines
Nature