Cherryl Mchargue

“Because one of the greatest misconceptions in the climate debate is that our society is refusing to change, protecting a status quo called “business-as-usual.” The truth is that there is no business-as-usual. The energy sector is changing dramatically all the time—but the vast majority of those changes are taking us in precisely the wrong direction, toward energy sources with even higher planet-warming emissions than their conventional versions.”
― Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate

“Hey Chris, bet you don't know the Latin name of the red-headed woodpecker."

That was a hard one. Chris had to say Melanerpes erythrocephalus very slowly.”
― Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game

“Anyone who finds himself incapable of grasping the complexities of a work hides his withdrawal behind the most superficial pretext because he has not gotten past the surface.”
― Julio Cortázar, Around the Day in Eighty Worlds

“It's always been hard for me to tell the difference between denial and what used to be known as hope.”
― Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys