Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
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“And that was the point of children, thought Caroline Meddey: to bind us to the earth and to the present, to distract us from death.”
― The Orchardist
― The Orchardist

“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.”
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“There is always the temptation in life to diddle around making itsy-bitsy friends and meals and journeys for years on end. It is all so self conscience, so apparently moral...But I won't have it. The world is wilder than that in all directions, more dangerous...more extravagant and bright. We are...raising tomatoes when we should be raising Cain, or Lazarus.”
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“The answer to the partisan deadlock and public disinterest starts, I am convinced, with finding new messengers rather than finding new messages, and then creating the means for them to be heard.”
― Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
― Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change

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