“Life on this earth first emerged from the sea. As the polar ice melts and sea level rises, we humans find ourselves facing the prospect that once again we may quite literally become ocean.” FirstsHumansMayEarthLevelsSeaOceanIceSea Level Rise Author:John Luther Adams
“Israel is the very embodiment of Jewish continuity: It is the only nation on earth that inhabits the same land, bears the same name, speaks the same language, and worships the same God that it did 3,000 years ago. You dig the soil and you find pottery from Davidic times, coins from Bar Kokhba, and 2,000-year-old scrolls written in a script remarkably like the one that today advertises ice cream at the corner candy store.” YearsTodayEarthNamesSpeakLanguageNationsWrittenLandBearsWorshipYears AgoScriptsIsraelCornersStoresBarsIceSoilCreamCoinsCandyIce CreamContinuityEmbodimentPotteryCandy Stores Author:Charles Krauthammer
“it's a feeling of ice miles running under your blades, the wind splitting open to let you through, the earth whirling around you at the touch of your toe, and speed lifting you off the ice far from all things that can hold you down.” FeelingsRunningEarthSportsWindAll ThingsSpeedMilesIceToesBladesLiftingSplitting Book:Wings on my feet Source: Wings on my feet
“Gentle feelings produce profoundly beneficial effects upon stern natures. It is the spring rain which melts the ice-covering of the earth, and causes it to open to the beams of heaven.” FeelingsEarthHeavenCausesKindnessEffectsProduceSpringRainIceGentleBeneficialCoveringBeamSpring Rain Book:Hertha Source: Hertha
“some journalists have described the South Pole as 'hell on earth.' Others refer to my time here as 'an ordeal.' They would be surprised to know how beautiful Antarctica has seemed to me, with its waves of ice in a hundred shades of blue and white, its black winter sky, its ecstatic wheel of stars. They would never understand how the lights of the Dome welcomed me from a distance, or how often I danced and sang and laughed here with my friends. And how I was not afraid.” KnowsLightWould BeEarthBeautifulStarsBlackWhiteKnow HowHellSkyHundredMy FriendsBlueDistanceSouthWinterWaveIceJournalistMy TimeWheelsShadeLaughedNot AfraidEcstaticHell On EarthOrdealsDomesAntarcticaBlue And WhiteShades Of Blue Author:Jerri Nielsen
“Black ice is the smoothest naturally occuring ice there is, as if nature were condescending to art. ... Black ice is an act of nature as elusive as grace, and far more rare. ... I have never skated on black ice, but perhaps my children will. They'll know it, at least, when it appears: that the earth can stretch smooth and unbroken like grace, and they'll know as they know my voice that they were meant to have their share.” IfsKnowsChildrenArtEarthBlackVoiceGraceShareEqualityIceMy ChildrenSmoothElusiveUnbrokenCondescendingBlack Ice Author:Lorene Cary