Precursors Quotes

“Poor Old Ones! Scientists to the last -- what had they done that we would not have done in their place? God, what intelligence and persistence! What a facing of the incredible, just as those carven kinsmen and forbears had faced things only a little less incredible! Radiates, vegetables, monstrosities, star spawn -- whatever they had been, they were men!”
― H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness

“Do you see the amount of dust around? Our leaves help in keeping the air and the surroundings clean. We trap most of the dust on our leaves. But, as our numbers dwindle in today's urban spaces, nature is being pushed away from humans. You see, it was not always like this. I have heard from my ancestors that your ancestors loved designing and maintaining gardens. Gardens were not just something that would comprise of hanging a few pots here and there. It was very different then. Trees, plants and shrubs were planted after much planning. Gardening was never a new concept to humans. It was probably a cohabiting relationship for humans with nature. And your ancestors knew it.”
― Kalyani Majumdar, The Peepal, The Girl and The City