Collective Care Quotes

“We were never meant to go it alone.”
― Ken Breniman, Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction

“Interdependence isn’t a weakness—it’s a revolutionary act.”
― Ken Breniman, Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction

“In this world, the phrase ‘we belong to each other’ is more than an ideal—it is a way of life.”
― Ken Breniman, Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction

“Together, we can rewrite the rules of what it means to belong.”
― Ken Breniman, Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction

“Libraries are models of gift economies, providing free access not only to books but also music, tools, seeds, and more. We don't each have to own everything. The books at the library belong to everyone, serving the public with free books. Take the books, enjoy them, bring them back so someone else can enjoy them, with literary abundance for all. And all you need is a library card, which is a kind of agreement to respect and take care of the common good.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

“Look to the mycelial networks beneath the forest floor, the fungal threads that connect plants into a communicating, nourishing community. They are Earth’s ultimate re-memberers. They do not ask the baobab to be strong alone; they weave its roots into the strength of the whole system. Our re-membering must be like this: an underground network of love that defies the solitary struggle the imperial gaze demands.”
― Malebo Sephodi