“For however inhospitable the wind, from this vantage point Manhattan was simply so improbable, so wonderful, so obviously full of promise - that you wanted to approach it for the rest of your life without ever quite arriving.” WantedWonderfulWindPromiseApproachRest Of Your LifeManhattanArrivingImprobableVantage Point Book:Rules of Civility: A Novel Source: Rules of Civility: A Novel
“The earth is for joy, and dancing is a big part of that. And you dance with nature. Nature is always dancing. If you're not harassing it and killing it and mutilating it, nature is dancing. That's what the leaves are doing when the wind blows through them. We live in a magical wonderful universe. And just spoil it while thinking we can at some point go to heaven or some other planet.” IfsThinkingBigsEarthJoyUniverseHeavenWonderfulPlanetsWindDancingKillingBlowSpoilKilling It Author:Alice Walker
“I do feel my fan base, my community understands me and appreciates me very deeply, and that is the wind in my sails to keep doing what I am doing. I know that my work really inspires people and they tell me that all the time, and so that's wonderful.” PeopleKnowsFeelsCommunityWonderfulFansInspireWindAppreciateSailVery DeepUnderstand MeAppreciate Me Author:Ondi Timoner
“I like to walk around my neighborhood, late in the afternoon. I sometimes wind up at the wonderful, old Shell station that's been changed into a coffee shop. Right where Johnny used to change my oil, I have a latte and take out my little book bag. It doesn't sound very austere.” LittlesBookSometimesUsedSoundWalksWonderfulChangedWindLateOilCoffeeShopsBagsNeighborhoodStationsAfternoonShellsCoffee ShopLattes Author:Coleman Barks