Morgan

“A partridge settled at the base of a holm oak. It was garden out of time, a garden against time, continually occupying the present tense, insinuating itself into the future by way of each new visitor, I understood how it worked now, how gardens self-seed.”
― Olivia Laing, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

“Sometimes, family isn’t just what you’re born into—it’s also what you build in the aftermath of loss.”
― Shari Franke, The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom

“Between 1970 and 2019 alone, nearly a third of all birds had disappeared from North America. Once, the forest would have been deafening.”
― Daniel Mason, North Woods

“We must do what they fear -- tell the truth, spread the truth. This is the most powerful weapon against this regime of liars, thieves and hypocrites. Everyone has this weapon. So make use of it.”
― Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir