“Beyond the walls and solid roofs of houses is the outdoors. It is always on the doorstep. The sky, serene, or piled with white, slow-moving clouds, or full of wind and purple storm, is always overhead. But walls will assert themselves and domineer. They insist on the unique importance of the contents of walls and would have you believe the spaces above them, the slow processions of the seasons and the alternations of sunshine and rain, are accessories, pleasant or unpleasant, of walls. Collected in: Sisters of the Earth: Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature by Lorraine Anderson”
Quotes by Edna Brush Perkins
Edna Brush PerkinsEdna Brush Perkins was an American author and nature enthusiast known for her vivid depictions of the American Southwest, particularly the Mojave Desert. Born in 1880, Perkins developed a deep appreci...