"The peace of wild things comes to me when I lie down where the wood drake rests in his..." - Wendell Berry

☮️ Peace

“The peace of wild things comes to me when I lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water.”

— Wendell Berry

Berry discovers peace by entering the natural world and resting among wild creatures.

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