“Grieving is a sign of spiritual health.”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass (2013)

About Robin Wall Kimmerer

American botanist, professor and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, author of 'Braiding Sweetgrass' (2013).

“Gratitude plants the seed for abundance.”

“Being a good mother means teaching your children to care for the world.”

“A teacher comes, they say, when you are ready.”

“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

“Acceptance is the better part of grief.”

“Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.”

“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”

“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.”

“After great pain, a formal feeling comes.”