Success in agriculture is measured not just in yield, but in the health of the soil and the community.

"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."

The way we perceive the world is shaped by our expectations, and often, what we see is what we expect to see.

People can cry much easier than they can change.

"The power of fiction lies in its ability to make us feel less alone."

"A story is a way to say something that cannot be said any other way."