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“The absolute negative, the ultimate saying of no to the world, when it is just too late. And always the subtle conviction that if you had said No a moment earlier, it would none of it have happened. But the saying of no comes too late by a little. You are always a little too late in saying it.”
― Trask
― Trask
“Thermophilic composting requires no electricity and therefore no coal combustion, no acid rain, no nuclear power plants, no nuclear waste, no petrochemicals and no consumption of fossil fuels. The composting process produces no waste, no pollutants and no toxic by-products. Thermophilic composting of humanure can be carried out century after century, millennium after millennium, with no stress on our ecosystems, no unnecessary consumption of resources and no garbage or sludge for our landfills. And all the while it will produce a valuable resource necessary for our survival while preventing the accumulation of dangerous pathogenic waste.”
― The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure
― The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure
“The world is divided into two categories of people: those who shit in drinking water and those who don't.”
― The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure
― The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure
“When viewed at the next quantum level of perspective, from which the Earth is seen as an organism and humans are seen as microorganisms, the human species looks like a menace to the planet. In fact, the human race is looking a lot like a disease -- comprised of organisms excessively multiplying, mindlessly consuming, and generating waste with little regard for the health and well-being of its host -- planet Earth.”
― The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure
― The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure

“The room was not impressively large, even by Manhattan apartment-house standards, but its accumulated furnishings might have lent a snug appearance to a banquet hall in Valhalla.”
― Franny and Zooey
― Franny and Zooey
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