"There's a belief that wherever your Ancestors took shape from the sticks and stones that formed them, that's home. Ancestors from the coast leave their mark, Ancestors from the mountains, from the desert, they all leave their mark on the genes. When you come home, the genes rejoice."

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Source : Kate Wilhelm (2000). “No Defense”, Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA Books

Kate Wilhelm

#Home Quotes #Roots Quotes #Mountain Quotes

“Just because there's tarnish on the copper, doesn't mean there's not a shine beneath.”
“Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!”
“We might as well give in to the tug of our spirits to explore this confounding and wondrous world. We might as well greet each other as endless pilgrims and bid each other well on our way. Because we're already on the road...”
“I like big crowds. I find it easier to focus.”
“Be rather bountiful, than expensive.”
“Life is wonderful, so revel in its beauty. Be all you can be, and let go of the past. It is nothing but shadows.”
“Seriously, he is just a voice on the radio, unlike the ones in your head, you don't have to do what he tells you to do.”
“Masonry is not a religion. He who makes of it a religious belief, falsifies and denaturalizes it.”

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