Opal Whiteley quotes

By the wood-shed is a brook. It goes singing on. Its joy-song does sing in my heart.
-- Opal Whiteley

#Song #Heart #Joy

And all the times I was picking up potatoes, I did have conversations with them. Too, I did have thinks of all their growing days there in the ground, and all the things they did hear. Earth-voices are glad voices, and earth-songs come up from the ground through the plants; and in their flowering, and in the days before these days are come, they do tell the earth-songs to the wind ... I have thinks these potatoes growing here did have knowings of star-songs.
-- Opal Whiteley

#Song #Stars #Thinking

The wind comes creeping, it calls to me to come go exploring. It sings of the things that are to be found under the leaves. It whispers the dreams of the tall fir trees. It does pipe the gentle song the forest sings on gray days. I hear all the voices calling me. I listen. But I cannot go.
-- Opal Whiteley

#Dream #Song #Wind

The matter of making christening robes for caterpillars, it is not a difficult one; the difficulty is to get a frisky caterpillar to keep still while one is putting on his christening robe. And then it is a problem to keep it on, after one does get it on. I do have much troubles with caterpillars crawling out of their christening robes after I do get them on.
-- Opal Whiteley

#Doe #Matter #Problem

Potatoes are very interesting folks. I think they must see a lot of what is going on in the earth - they have so many eyes.
-- Opal Whiteley

#Eye #Thinking #Interesting

I like to sing when I have works to do - it does so help.
-- Opal Whiteley

#Singing #Doe #Helping

When one does look up at the grand trees growing up almost to the sky, one does always have longings to pray.
-- Opal Whiteley

#Growing Up #Sky #Tree

It is such a comfort to nestle up to Michael Angelo Sanzio Raphael when one is in trouble. He is such a grand tree. He has an understanding soul. After I talked with him and listened unto his voice, I slipped down out of his arms.
-- Opal Whiteley

#Voice #Tree #Soul

And this I have learned grown-ups do not know the language of shadows.
-- Opal Whiteley

#Shadow #Language #I Have Learned

The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.

All my songs are where I am.

Truth is, you make albums, and some of those songs are hits, and some of the greatest hits albums have songs that weren't hits. You have a career, the reason why we're still around 10 years is that we do have successful songs.

Daniel Levitin takes the most sophisticated ideas that exist about the brain and mind, applies them to the most emotionally direct art we have, our songs, and makes beautiful music of the two together.

The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.

No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.

But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts. And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts

I sought them far and found them, The sure, the straight, the brave, The hearts I lost my own to, The souls I could not save They braced their belts about them, They crossed in ships the sea, They sought and found six feet of ground, And there they died for me.

The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.

Well why not a technology of joy, of happiness?