Sarah

“I was happy like I always was when existence was reduced to completing a single task or series of tasks. When I ceased to be a mind in charge of a body and became just the body itself.”
― Emma Sloley, The Island of Last Things

“I called sports betting legalization a risky gamble, but I'm not sure that's right: in a bet, the winners get back whatever they risked. Legalization is more like a trade-off: we i/know/ that as a result, more people will become addicted and more families will suffer; more people who work in sports will be harassed; more media outlets will be compelled to pull punches; more games will be compromised; more kids will take up gambling. And for what, exactly? Richer TV deals for the leagues? Profits for only a couple of companies? A more politically convenient revenue stream for states than raising taxes?

If that's all we stand to win, it will seem to me like an extraordinary price to have paid.”
― Danny Funt, Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling

“The prosperity of the community grows from the flow of relationships, not the accumulation of goods. When the natural world is understood as a gift instead of private property, there are ethical constraints on the accumulation of abundance that is not yours to own. Gifts are not meant to be hoarded, and thus made scarce for others, but given away, which generates sufficiency for all.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

“When we buried our noses in the soft fur of the purring cats, they did smell like perfume and bread and caramel, and all kinds of other lost things, the specifics of which are also lost to me now. Never mind: some things don’t need to be written down.”
― Emma Sloley, The Island of Last Things