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

  Opal Whiteley “The Story of Opal: The Journal of an Understanding Heart”, Lulu.com

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• 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

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• 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

  Opal Whiteley “The Story of Opal: The Journal of an Understanding Heart”, Lulu.com

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• 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

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• 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

  Opal Whiteley (2010). “Opal: The Journal of an Understanding Heart”, p.31, Crown

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

  Opal Whiteley

  Shadow, Language, I Have Learned

  Opal Whiteley (2010). “Opal: The Journal of an Understanding Heart”, p.127, Crown

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

  Opal Whiteley

  Singing, Doe, Helping

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• 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

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• 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, Understanding

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