“But whether people cultivate an exterior meant to signal their politics, or they cultivate, instead, a strait-laced appearance that does not signal their politics, their self-representation is deliberate. It is meant to reinforce who they are (who they consider themselves to be).”
― Creation Lake
― Creation Lake
“But in the muck—with salamanders, fairies, and dragons—I am coming to understand, in a visceral way, that being grounded is not a punishment; it is a privilege. The dark recesses of this planet are not hell; they are home.”
― Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark
― Night Magic: Adventures Among Glowworms, Moon Gardens, and Other Marvels of the Dark
“In reality, problems leave when they are ready to go, when they have exhausted their stay, just as these lice did.”
― Creation Lake
― Creation Lake
“Capitalism might be more insidious and durable than the blue-green miracle of planet earth and its swaddling of life-giving ether.”
― Creation Lake
― Creation Lake
“What is it people encounter in their stark and solitary four a.m. self? What is inside them? Not politics. There are no politics inside of people. The truth of a person, under all the layers and guises, the significations of group and type, the quiet truth, underneath the noise of opinions and “beliefs,” is a substance that is pure and stubborn and consistent. It is a hard, white salt. This salt is the core. The four a.m. reality of being. When I came to understand this, it was literally four a.m. and I was staring at an actual mountain of salt.”
― Creation Lake
― Creation Lake
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