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“I take a longer look at the words on her headstone.
Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on…
Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer.
Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
Brave, kind, loyal, sweet, loving, graceful, strong, thoughtful, funny, genuine, hopeful, playful, insightful, and on and on…
Was she, though? Was she any of those things? The words make me angry. I can’t look at them any longer.
Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them?”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“gods, i hope i terrify you.”
― The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One
― The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One
“Why is it amazing that I don’t act my age? Why should I act my age? Or more to the point, how is someone my age supposed to act? Old age is part fact, part state of mind, part luck, and wholly something best left for other people to ponder, not you or me. Why waste your time? I don’t.”
― Keep Moving: And Other Truths About Living Well Longer
― Keep Moving: And Other Truths About Living Well Longer
“Nature itself was a republic of freedom.”
― The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science
― The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science
“Nature is the domain of liberty,’ Humboldt said, because nature’s balance was created by diversity which might in turn be taken as a blueprint for political and moral truth. Everything, from the most unassuming moss or insect to elephants or towering oak trees, had its role, and together they made the whole. Humankind was just one small part. Nature itself was a republic of freedom.”
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
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