Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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Walking, I can almost hear the redwoods beating. And the oceans are above me here, rolling clouds, heavy and dark. It is winter and there is smoke from the fires. It is a world of elemental attention, of all things working together, listening to what speaks in the blood. Whichever road I follow, I walk in the land of many gods, and they love and eat one another. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.

Linda Hogan's Popular Quotes

There are ways in, journeys to the center of life, through time; through air, matter, dream and thought. The ways are not always mapped or charted, b…

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There is a language beyond human language, an elemental language, one that arises from the land itself.

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I resented my mother for guessing my innermost secrets. She was like God, everywhere at once knowing everything.

- Linda Hogan

There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.

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It is a paradox in the contemporary world that in our desire for peace we must willingly give ourselves to struggle.

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We make art out of our loss.

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A woman once described a friend of hers as being such a keen listener that even the trees leaned toward her, as if they were speaking their innermost…

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Some people see scars, and it is wounding they remember. To me they are proof of the fact that there is healing.

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Poetry has its own laws speaking for the life of the planet. It is a language that wants to bring back together what the other words have torn apart.

- Linda Hogan