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“Art is supposed to represent how you see the world, not exactly copy it.” (Where the Forest Meets the Stars Quotes)
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“Art was a form of self-soothing for Ursa. When she wanted something or missed someone, she would often draw whatever it was to satisfy her need.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“As always, words fail when you most want to say the right thing.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“Human bodies are very complicated. Inside us there are all kinds of genes, hormones, and chemicals that affect our moods.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“I’m from another planet. My people can make good things happen.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“I’m sick. I can’t just ‘recover and move on.’” “If you believe that, you won’t.” “Like most people who’ve never experienced it, your view of depression is optimistically misguided.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“I’ve decided language isn’t as advanced as we think it is. We’re still apes trying to express our thoughts with grunts while most of what we want to communicate stays locked in our brains.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“I’ve noticed most scientists who work out in the natural world are a little different from other people. Maybe it has something to do with how they can turn their backs on the comforts of society for long periods of time. But it’s not just that they can forgo society, it’s more like they need to. For people like that, the natural world is vital, a spiritual experience.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“If she’d learned one thing in the last two years, it was that life could be hard enough without adding petty resentments.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“I’ve decided language isn’t as advanced as we think it is. We’re still apes trying to express our thoughts with grunts while most of what we want to communicate stays locked in our brain”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“Kids are smarter than we think. They know how to survive the shit that’s dealt them better than some welfare worker who never spent a day in one of those kids’ shoes.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“Like most people who’ve never experienced it, your view of depression is optimistically misguided.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“Nothing like stars to show us our little arguments are meaningless.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“People think they have to say something, and it never makes me feel better.” “I know. I’ve decided language isn’t as advanced as we think it is. We’re still apes trying to express our thoughts with grunts while most of what we want to communicate stays locked in our brains.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“Rainy mornings are the best.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“Remember that feeling you described—the ‘horrific crush of humanity’ on your soul—maybe that’s another way of saying you’re afraid people will hurt you if you let them get close.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“She’s kind of like a baby. She didn’t know she was supposed to grow up, and that makes her more fun than other grown-up people.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“Sometimes bad things happen to make good things happen.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“Survivors can live and love more fully than people who haven’t stared death in the face.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“The horrific crush of humanity on my soul. Haven’t you ever felt it?” “I think I have—in Walmart.” “Yes! That place is the worst!”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“Watch out, nest searching can become addictive. There’s something about it… you’re uncovering these little secrets of the wild.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“We’re at the creek catching fish with a holey net. Understandably, this may take some time. Come join us if you enjoy frustration.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“What we have doesn’t happen every day. I’m afraid it will never happen again in my life.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“Why do you hate him so much now that you know the whole story? George and your mother obviously stayed with people they didn’t love to make their partners happy. Maybe they realized they shouldn’t have done that, but by then, they had children who would be hurt by a divorce.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“You know, it’s no joke to be alone in the world. You should go home to whoever cares about you.”
Glendy Vanderah
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
