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If he could get her away from the place he would, but he knew she’d only find the same unhappiness elsewhere.
“Earth changes unimaginably slowly except when it changes suddenly and catastrophically, like right now.”
― The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020
― The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020
“Our Lady of Impossible Constellations”
― Sisters of the Vast Black
― Sisters of the Vast Black
“She didn't have what one would call a "profession," but I didn't know why she particularly wanted one; it seemed like she'd been infected by a very American idea of identity, to think that who you were mostly consisted of what you did to get paid—that seemed silly to me.”
― Atmospheric Disturbances
― Atmospheric Disturbances
“But another truth should be foremost in mind: that what we call nature today is a kinder, gentler, more depauperate world than at any time since at least the late Paleozoic, some 300 million years ago. Nature is not a temple but a ruin. A beautiful ruin, but a ruin all the same.”
― The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2013
― The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2013
“These are the things that life is all about. These moments. It’s not about the rituals. It’s not about getting by. It’s about the stack of tiny little moments of joy and love that add up to a lifetime that’s been worthwhile. You can’t measure them; you can only capture them, like snapshots in your mind.”
― Sea of Rust
― Sea of Rust
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