

“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar

“When you've been struck by lightning as many times as I have, you start to expect the worst pretty much all the time.”
― Struck
― Struck

“To me, impulsive means foolish. But if a person’s not a little impulsive, they don’t have a pulse.”
― Whenever You're Gone, I'm Here For You
― Whenever You're Gone, I'm Here For You

“Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.”
― Taggerung
― Taggerung

“Myself I love a thunderstorm better than anything. Sometimes I will run to the top of the hill to whirl around and around on my Indian Rock in the wind, it is like a dance I can not stop. The smell of the lightning goes into your nose and down your whole body. Old Bess says if you get hit by lightning yet live you will have special powers, well I could use some of those. So I don't care if I get hit or not.”
― On Agate Hill
― On Agate Hill
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