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Afterlife
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She is keeping to her routines, walking a narrow path through the loss—not allowing her thoughts to stray. Occasionally, she takes sips of sorrow, afraid the big wave might wash her away.
“A map is a two-dimensional representation with arbitrary symbols and incised lines that decide who is to be our enemy and who is to be our friend, who deserves our love and who deserves our hatred and who, our sheer indifference. Cartography is another name for stories told by winners.”
― The Island of Missing Trees
― The Island of Missing Trees
“I’d heard once that our view of God has everything to do with those who taught us about Him. Our image of Him often reflected our image of them.”
― What the Wind Knows
― What the Wind Knows
“There is no purity to bearing pain alone.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“Marveling at the perfection of that leaf, I was reminded that aesthetic beauty is as much about how and whether you look as what you see. From the quark to the supernova, the wonders do not cease. It is our attentiveness that is in short supply, our ability and willingness to do the work that awe requires.”
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
“If you listen, I’ll tell you a story. We can know and be known to each other, and then we’re not enemies anymore.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
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