“Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.” WindSorrowGrieving Book:South Moon Under Source: South Moon Under
“Magic birds were dancing in the mystic marsh. The grass swayed with them, and the shallow waters, and the earth fluttered under them. The earth was dancing with the cranes, and the low sun, and the wind and sky.” EarthWaterSunMagicSkyWindLowsBirdDancingGrassShallowMysticMarshesCranesShallow Water Book:The Yearling Source: The Yearling
“Cross Creek belongs to the wind and the rain, to the sun and the seasons, to the cosmic secrecy of seed, and beyond all, to time.” SunWindRainCrossesSeasonsSeedsCosmicSecrecyCreeks Book:Cross Creek Source: Cross Creek
“Who owns Cross Creek? The red-birds, I think, more than I, for they will have their nests even in the face of delinquent mortgages..It seems to me that the earth may be borrowed, but not bought. It may be used, but not owned. It gives itself in response to love and tending, offers its sesonal flowering and fruiting. But we are tenants and not possessors, lovers, and not masters. Cross Creek belongs to the wind and the rain, to the sun and the seasons, to the cosmic secrecy of seed, and beyond all, to time..."” ThinkingGivingMaySeemsEarthFacesUsedSunWindMastersLoversOffersBirdRedRainCrossesSeasonsResponseSeedsCosmicSecrecyNestsMortgageBorrowedFloweringCreeksTenantsDelinquents Author:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
