"There are people who have no engaged conversation with the land whatsoever, no sense of its beauty or extremes or limits and therefore no reason to question their actions in a place that is merely backdrop."

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Source : Ellen Meloy (2008). “The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky”, p.289, Vintage

Ellen Meloy

#Land Quotes #People Quotes #Limits Quotes

“During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service.”
“One reads books in order to gain the privilege of living more than one life. People who don't read are trapped in a mine shaft, even if they think the sun is shining.”
“Death teaches us to live; it gives us a boundary to map our living within. Death's hammer breaks through the mirror separating us from light.”
“Both my parents were migrant workers who came to the U.K. in the Fifties to better themselves. The culture I grew up in was to work hard, save hard and to look after your family.”
“Everything you need to be great is already inside you. Stop waiting for someone or something to light your fire. You have the match.”

Source : FaceBook post by Darren Hardy from Dec 31, 2014
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.”
“In this broad earth of ours, Amid the measureless grossness and the slag, Enclosed and safe within its central heart, Nestles the seed of perfection.”
“Follow the voice of your heart, even if it leads you off the path of timid souls. Do not become hard and embittered, even if life tortures you at times. There is only one thing that counts: to live one's life well and happily...”

Source : "Listen, Little Man!". Book by Wilhelm Reich, 1948.

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