Jackie

“The thing the ecologically illiterate don't realise about an ecosystem is that it's a system. A system! A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a misstep in just one niche. A system has order, flowing from point to point. If something dams that flow, order collapses. The untrained might miss that collapse until it was too late. That's why the highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“Our own age is not one which can afford to call its ancestors savage.”
― Poul Anderson, The Broken Sword

“Lords of spirit, Lords of breath,
Lords of fireflies, stars, and light,
Who will keep the world from death?
Who will stop the coming night?
Blue eyes, blue eyes, have the sight.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

“Come, boy, it is time for a lesson. Let me teach you the power of words,”
― John Gwynne, Malice