“One of the strange things about adulthood is that you are your current self, but you are also all the selves you used to be, the ones you grew out of but can't ever quite get rid of.”
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
“We all know how loving ends. But I want to fall in love with the world anyway, to let it crack me open. I want to feel what there is to feel while I am here.”
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
“Knowing something is a bad idea does not always decrease the odds that you will do it.”
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
― An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
“There’s no nondestructive test for indestructibility.”
― How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
― How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
“We seek the safety of isolation even as it kills us.”
― A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
― A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
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