"This is the gift of the landscape photograph, that the heart finds a place to stand."

-- Emmet Gowin

#Photography Quotes #Heart Quotes #Landscape Quotes

“There were times Ruma felt closer to her mother in death than she had in life, an intimacy born simply of thinking of her so often, of missing her. But she knew that this was an illusion, a mirage, and that the distance between them was now infinite, unyielding.”
“My own sense is that fiction is inching its way over to join poetry on the cultural margin. It's an area of passionate concern for me, as for many people, but it's nowhere near as central to the culture as it used to be.”
“I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.”
“I will show you fear in a handful of dust.”
“Learning a new skill can change hundreds of millions of cortical connections.”
“I believe you can use photographs to meditate on and work through things in your life.”
“The only real security is not insurance or money or a job, not a house and furniture paid for, or a retirement fund, and never is it another person. It is the skill and humor and courage within, the ability to build your own fires and find your own peace.”
“To clink glasses of a freshly made, seasonal beer, preferably in a pub or garden, with friends and perhaps new acquaintances, is a ritual that makes every participant feel good. We may not rationalize this at the time, but it gives us a sense of place in our common community and our time in the tides of life on earth. This is a way to value beer and treat it with respect.”

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