You can't do it all yourself. Don't be afraid to lean on others.

The novel is the one bright book of life. Books are not life. They are only tremulations on the ether.

Humility is the first lesson farming teaches us.

"What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again."