K. Makansi > Quotes

“we sit in silence except for the trilling of the birds in the treetops, the rushing of the water in the streambed, and the building hum of shared hope. Hope that hate is not the answer, that it never was and never will be. That we can create something together that is greater than what we could create by ourselves. That love will always transcend our pasts.”
― K. Makansi, The Reaping

“We think we improve on nature through science, through advanced agricultural practices, through manipulation of DNA, through this and that and the other. But we are always wrong. There is only nature, and we are part of it. If we set ourselves in opposition to nature, it will always rise up against us, eventually. And it will win.” I sense that, like me,”
― K. Makansi, The Reaping

“Aren’t we all just a series of electrical processes?”
― K. Makansi, The Sowing

“There’s no way anyone can unmoved by his music.”
― K. Makansi, The Reaping

“Artists tell stories with pictures so those who are deaf to the truth can see it instead. Poets tell stories with words so those who are blind to the truth can hear it instead.”
― K. Makansi, The Harvest

“When I comprehend my fear, I can say: I see you. I know you. Fear doesn’t like being called out, being recognized, being brought to light. It shrinks back when it is seen, leaving only knowledge and power behind. This is our greatest weapon against it. So I tell my fear: No. Not today. Today,”
― K. Makansi, The Harvest

“damndest”
― K. Makansi, The Reaping

“For the courage to abandon the familiar and embrace the unknown,”
― K. Makansi, The Reaping

“The wealthy and powerful become ever more wealthy and more powerful, while the poor and oppressed grow ever more enslaved.”
― K. Makansi, The Reaping

“Sector Human Registry is the database that keeps track of everyone’s identity. It involves DNA testing as an infant, and then constant, weekly monitoring of growth, emotional and intellectual intelligence, hormone levels, personality tests—basically everything that’s possible to know about an individual.”
― K. Makansi, The Sowing

“science, through advanced agricultural practices, through manipulation of DNA, through this and that and the other. But we are always wrong. There is only nature, and we are part of it. If we set ourselves in opposition to nature, it will always rise up against us, eventually. And it will win.”
― K. Makansi, The Reaping

“You speak truth to power.”
― K. Makansi, The Reaping