By honoring the knowledge in the land, and caring for its keepers, we — Robin Wall Kimmerer

"The South, zhawanong, the land of birth and growth. From the South comes the green that covers the world in spring, carried on the warm winds."

"To carry a gift is also to carry a responsibility."

"Whether we jump or are pushed, or the edge of the known world just crumbles at our feet, we fall, spinning into someplace new and unexpected. Despite our fears of falling, the gifts of the world stand by to catch us."

"For all of us, becoming indigenous to a place means living as if your childrens future mattered, to take care of the land as if our lives, both material and spiritual, depended on it."

"There is such tenderness in braiding the hair of someone you love. Kindness and something more flow between the braider and the braided, the two connected by the cord of the plait."

"To plant trees is an act of faith."