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“But you are a scientist. You understand how this works. We study the universe in order to know, yet in the end the only thing we truly know is that all thing end- all but death and time. It's difficult to be reminded of that-" he patted her hand where it lay on the table-"but it's harder to forget.”
― Lily Brooks-Dalton, Good Morning, Midnight

“Children can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Children can kill monsters and feel quite proud of themselves.”
― Holly Black, The Darkest Part of the Forest

“Our lives became less productive when productivity was pivotal.”
― Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries

“Corn, beans, and squash were once all my people needed. They were so essential to our everyday lives that we referred to them as our sisters. We would preserve each plant's seeds and pass them on to our children, knowing that with this gift, they would be able to provide the same nutritious food for their families that we provided for them. This was an act of absolute, undiminished intergenerational love. And if intergenerational trauma can alter DNA, why can't intergenerational love?”
― Alicia Elliott, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground