# Quote — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss

> There is an ancient conversation going on between mosses and rocks, poetry to be sure. About light and shadow and the drift of continents.

- Author: [Robin Wall Kimmerer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robin-wall-kimmerer.md)
- Book: [Gathering Moss](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robin-wall-kimmerer/gathering-moss.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robin_Wall_Kimmerer#Gathering_Moss_(2003)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/robin-wall-kimmerer/gathering-moss/there-is-an-ancient