Quotes from Amy Timberlake

I say let all the earth be alive and overwhelmingly so. Let the sky be pressed to bursting with wings, beaks, pumping hearts, and driving muscles. Let it be noisy. Let it make a mess. Then let me find my allotted space. Let me feel how I bump up against every other living thing on this earth. Let me learn to spin.

Living with uncertainty is like having a rock in your shoe. If you can't remove the rock, you have to figure out how to walk despite it. There is simply no other choice.

fastest way to win a kingdom is by being kind and gentle instead of using violence and cruelty. Do

friend, guide to life, and the eighth wonder of my world.

Mountain lion!

Pigeoners (some professional game dealers, most opportunists) came from every corner of the United States—Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Massachusetts, Alabama, and Louisiana (to name a few).

Has to pay for his company. If you take my meaning.

Still, my sister alive meant more to me than any coin.

If these were the foresmellings, I expected nothing less than fully ripe putrescence by, say, ten o'clock.