Umphress Park Quotes & Sayings

The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there. — Annie Dillard

Rain falls steadily outside and dampens my leg. I shiver at the cold night air and the breeze on my bare arms. I'm about to drop down into the space between the bushes and the wall when a hand closes around my wrist.

It's Gavin, and he looks furious. 'You intend to go out there?' he asks. 'And you can't even see them, can you?'

I try to pull myself from his grip, but he only tightens his hold. 'I never said I could.'

'You implied it.'

'I'm un-implying it now.' I grin. 'I have other means.'

Gavin studies me intently. 'Did you choose this?'

Leaning in close, I press my cheek against his, a touch that goes against every social rule I've ever been taught. It's the excitement of the hunt that courses through me, a savage hum. I'm beyond propriety, beyond etiquette.

'I revel in it. — Elizabeth May

Eyes sparkling with blue open and stare a scalded soul at me. — Poppet

Learn to be happy in any and all circumstances, whether you're experiencing pleasure or pain, whether there's loss or gain, whether the world loves you or hates you. Learn to be happy. — Frederick Lenz

A good speaker does not stutter. — Laozi

How is the United States at once the most conservative and commercial AND the most revolutionary society on Earth? — Christopher Hitchens

unselfing themselves — Henri Cole

There are so many ways to be alone here, even when you're surrounded by this many people. — Jennifer E. Smith