If the voice of the brook was not the first song of celebration, it must have been at least an obbligato for that event.

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.

There it is, fog, atmospheric moisture still uncertain in destination, not quite weather and not altogether mood, yet partaking of both.

As I stood and watched the mists slowly rising this morning I wondered what view was more beautiful than this.

Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet.

A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination.

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.

Ladies, when you write a poem for Feminism because that is what we sometimes do, remember that it's never about them. It's only about you.

Find the thing you love, and do it with all your heart, to the absolute best of your ability, no matter what people say.

Right now I'm happy to be on the ice anywhere, anytime.

There is a challenge of doing something new. Sometimes you have to suspend whether you believe in yourself doing it and just give yourself over to the idea that they believe in you.

And all Niki really has to do now is coast

Too much talking," I say. "Not enough running.

It's no fun to have HIV even though it's viewed as a chronic, controllable disease. It means being wedded to the health system.

I don't think most people in the US realize how important WikiLeaks is and why Julian's case needs support.

I was influenced by the hippie movement in San Francisco and by the feminist movement, which had arrived in Paris.