Forests

“Listen to me, your body is not a temple. Temples can be destroyed and desecrated. Your body is a forest — thick canopies of maple trees and sweet scented wildflowers sprouting in the underwood. You will grow back, over and over, no matter how badly you are devastated.”

- Beau Taplin || T e m p l e s  

November

“It was November - the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines.”

- L.M. Montgomery 

Self Respect

“Truly powerful women don’t explain why they want respect. They simply don’t engage those who don’t give it to them.”

-Sherry Argov

Seeds

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Tiny Love Stars

“So you protected yourself and loved small. Picked the tiniest stars out of the sky to own; lay down with head twisted in order to see the loved one over the rim of the trench before you slept.”

- Beloved by Toni Morrison 

Stress

“Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there.”

- Eckhart Tolle 

Edit

“Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It’s your masterpiece after all.”

- Nathan W. Morris