Famous Wendell Berry Quotes

  • Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me. – Wendell Berry

    Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me.– Wendell Berry

  • The Earth is what we all have in common. – Wendell Berry

    The Earth is what we all have in common.– Wendell Berry

  • Respect, I think, always implies imagination – the ability to see one another, across our inevitable differences, as living souls. – Wendell Berry

    Respect, I think, always implies imagination – the ability to see one another, across our inevitable differences, as living souls.– Wendell Berry

  • …a book, a real book, language incarnate, becomes a part of one’s bodily life. – Wendell Berry

    …a book, a real book, language incarnate, becomes a part of one’s bodily life.– Wendell Berry

  • Industrial medicine is as little interested in ecological health as is industrial agriculture. (Health Is Membership, pg. 98) – Wendell Berry

    Industrial medicine is as little interested in ecological health as is industrial agriculture. (Health Is Membership, pg. 98)– Wendell Berry

  • There comes . . . a longing never to travel again except on foot. – Wendell Berry

    There comes . . . a longing never to travel again except on foot.– Wendell Berry

  • The crisis of community has its source in the corruption of character. – Wendell Berry

    The crisis of community has its source in the corruption of character.– Wendell Berry

  • And his words fell upon the table like a blessing. – Wendell Berry

    And his words fell upon the table like a blessing.– Wendell Berry

  • And so I learned about grief, and about the absence and emptiness that for a long time make grief unforgettable. – Wendell Berry

    And so I learned about grief, and about the absence and emptiness that for a long time make grief unforgettable.– Wendell Berry

  • Oh Lord, make us ableTo eat all that’s on this table,And if there’s some we haven’t gotBring it to us while it’s hot – Wendell Berry

    Oh Lord, make us ableTo eat all that’s on this table,And if there’s some we haven’t gotBring it to us while it’s hot– Wendell Berry