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Gretel Ehrlich is an American writer known for her profound insights into the relationship between humans and the natural world. Her works are typically presented in the form of poetry and prose, exploring the complex relationship between humans and the natural world.

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“The fog lifted in the evening and a blue-black band at the horizon marked the end of the sea and the beginning of thought. Where does a beginning begin when nothing has gone on before?”

Doe Ends Black Gone Sea Band Ocean Blue Evening Horizon Fog

Book:A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning

Source: A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning

“A black-crowned night heron stood on an apron of wet sand, looking across the channel. The feather plume at the back of his head lifted in a faint breeze. Out there the channel churned its cyclonic eddies counterclockwise. Schools of anchovies, halibut, and sea bass came and went: silver flashes, small storms that well up from the inside of the sea but are short-lived, like lightning.”

Wells School Night Black Sea Ocean Storm Sand Silver Wet Flash Lightning Breeze Feathers Bass Short Lived Aprons Herons Halibut

Book:A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning

Source: A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning

“Fog rolled in like a form of sorrow. To live exiled from a place you have known intimately is to experience sensory deprivation. A wide-awake coma. ... The sea was a memory bank into which everything fell and was lost. I dove in but came out empty-handed.”

Form Lost Memories Known Sea Sorrow Ocean Empty Wide Awake Fog Exile Dove Sensory Deprivation Coma Wide Awake Sensory Deprivation

Book:A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning

Source: A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning

“Between highway sounds I heard waves and thought how the curve of the coastline here had sheltered and nurtured live-born sharks, humans, and migrating whales. Here, at the edge of the continent, time and distance stopped; in the lull between sets of waves I could get a fresh start.”

Humans Sound Born Heard Ocean Distance Wave Edges Continents Curves Highways Sharks Whales Fresh Start Lulls Coastline Time And Distance

Author:Gretel Ehrlich

About the Author

Born: January 21, 1946
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 63

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