"Green Angel" Quotes

Time is a pool you have to wade through, or allow yourself to sink into. The water might be cold, and it might take your breath away, but you can't just sit by the side and watch.

Gardens are always one part paradise and one part wilderness.

I was a girl who had no time for grief, no room for love. I was a girl who lived on the wrong side of the tracks, the girl who took the long way home.

There's nothing wrong with feeling sad. In fact, I think it's important to feel sad. It's a part of life. But it's also important to remember that grief is a passing thing, a storm in the sky. You'll be left with the wreckage, but you'll see the sun again.

The wind had a voice, and it spoke to me in a language I understood. It swept the leaves into the air and let them fall, and I knew that was the way of all things.

Sometimes you have to lose your way to find who you are. Sometimes you have to lose your way to find your home.

I wanted to climb to the top of the highest tree and look out at the world, but I knew that the view wouldn't be much different from there.

I learned that people are like plants. You can't always see the roots, but they're there, and they're always growing, even when you can't see them.

The way to find out about happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you are really happy—not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what is called following your bliss.

It's only in the darkest skies that you see the stars.