“I spent more hours than I can count a quiet witness to the highly mannered, manifold expressions of life that grace our planet. It is something so bright, loud, weird and delicate as to stupefy the senses.” I CanEarthHoursGracePlanetsExpressionQuietSensesWitnessLoudDelicateOur PlanetManifold Book:Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition Source: Life of Pi (Illustrated): Deluxe Illustrated Edition
“Although the patriarchal ego prides itself on being reasonable, the twentieth century has been anything but the Age of Reason. In our collective neurosis, we have raped the earth, disrupted the delicate balance of nature, and created phallic missiles of mass destruction.” Has BeensReasonAgeEarthCenturyPrideBalanceEgoMassDestructionReasonableCollectivesDelicateTwentieth CenturyMissilesMass DestructionNeurosisAge Of Reason Author:Marion Woodman
“Only by being suspended aloft, by dangling my mind in the heavens and mingling my rare thought with the ethereal air, could I ever achieve strict scientific accuracy in my survey of the vast empyrean. Had I pursued my inquiries from down there on the ground, my data would be worthless. The earth, you see, pulls down the delicate essence of thought to its own gross level.” MindWould BeEarthHeavenLevelsAirAchieveEssenceDataDelicateStrictWorthlessInquiryGrossPursuedAccuracySurveysSuspendedEtherealMingling Book:Four Plays Source: Four Plays
“The clamours of spring are the same old delicate noises, The earth renews its magical youth at a breath.” EarthYouthSpringBreathsNoiseDelicateClamour Book:Poems Source: Poems
“Twas in heaven pronounced - it was muttered in hell, / And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell; / On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, / And the depth of the ocean its presence confessed. / Yet in shade let it rest, like a delicate flower, / Ah, breathe on it softly, it dies in an hour.” EarthDiesHeavenSoundHoursHellFlowerOceanDepthCaughtBreatheShadeDelicateVersesEchoesDelicate Flower Author:Catherine Maria Fanshawe