And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.

~ Abraham Lincoln

Sunset Over Lummi Island, Bellingham, Washington 2018

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

~ Marcel Proust

Coachwhip, Tucson, Arizona 2014

Believe those who seek the truth, don’t believe those who find it.

~ André Gide

White-faced Ibis, Tulelake National Wildlife Refuge, Tulelake, California 2008

Sweetie, if you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.

~ Flo Kennedy

Grand Canyon Vista, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona 2008

It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won’t stoop to pick up a penny. But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days.

~ Annie Dillard

Sunlight and Fog, Stimpson Family Nature Preserve, Bellingham, Washington 2018

And now it is your Life Story, and it is you who plays the leading role. The stage is set, the time is now, and the place wherever you are.

~ Virginia Lee Burton

 Short-tailed Weasel, Hidden Lake Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana 2008

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; Not going all the way and not starting.

~ Gautama Buddha

Cape Creek Bridge, Florence, Oregon 2018

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

~ Benjamin Franklin

Great Northern Clock Tower, Spokane, Washington 2018

It’s not a good idea to jump into the sewer to catch a rat.

~ Anonymous

Hibiscus, Alicante, Spain 2006

Happiness – A butterfly, which when pursued, seems always just beyond your grasp; but if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

~ Anonymous

Eastern Comma Butterfly, Glacier National Park, Montana 2018