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The time of man is coming, and of this I am certain: neither death, nor life, nor the spirits, nor the present, nor the future, nor the stars, nor the abyss, nor any creature: nothing will keep from love those who live in our land, and by our land. The time of man is coming_men who will know the nobility of forests and the grace of trees, men who will know how to contemplate and heal and, lastly, how to love.
Muriel Barbery The Life of Elves
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The time of man is coming, and of this I am certain: neither death, nor life, nor the spirits, nor the present, nor the future, nor the stars, nor the abyss, nor any creature: nothing will keep from love those who live in our land, and by our land. The time of man is coming_men who will know the nobility of forests and the grace of trees, men who will know how to contemplate and heal and, lastly, how to love.
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Muriel Barbery

The Life of Elves

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