“I've known a lot of hummingbirds. I used to be one too. But then I grew. An ostrich now, I listen. I wait. Grounded (but quick when I need to be). I've still got that sprint in me.” WisdomGrowthEfficiencyBirdsBusynessHummingbird Author:Jenny Noble Anderson
“Maybe one day you'll see me latched barkside to that tree, teasing my way out of the skin I'm in until I plunk into the dirt. Until I slither then fly. Shiny and high. Leaving only an effigy— a hollowed-out replica behind.” GrowthNatureDevelopmentTransformationNew BeginningsRenewalBeginningsSnakeInsectCicada Book:But Still She Flies: Poems and Paintings Source: But Still She Flies: Poems and Paintings
“everything widens and withers, opens and closes, expands and contracts— like a tulip like an ice cream shop like a heart.” LoveLifeWisdomGrowthExpansionImpermanence Book:But Still She Flies: Poems and Paintings Source: But Still She Flies: Poems and Paintings
“We may have been flawless then— but look at us now. Look how we shine. Look at the map we've made in these fractures— in all the places where the world got its hands on us.” LoveWisdomPainGrowthRelationshipsMarriageResilienceReconciliationBreakupsTime Passing Book:But Still She Flies: Poems and Paintings Source: But Still She Flies: Poems and Paintings