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I enjoy Helen Macdonald’s insight that this book shares in her essays about nature and life. She is intelligent and writes very well. This book is an excellent escape into a sharp mind that comes to feel a bit like a friend.
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It was excellent to read the memoir of Fredrik Sjöberg’s life collecting hoverflies on a remote island in Sweden. It was also interesting to look at his contemplation of other zoologists (Linnaeus, Darwin) and their contribution to what the science o
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“We're in the world, not against it. It doesn't work to try to stand
outside things and run them, that way. It just doesn't work, it goes against life. There is a way but you have to follow it. The world is, no matter how we think it ought to be. You have to be with it. You have to let it be.”
― The Lathe of Heaven
outside things and run them, that way. It just doesn't work, it goes against life. There is a way but you have to follow it. The world is, no matter how we think it ought to be. You have to be with it. You have to let it be.”
― The Lathe of Heaven
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“My mom said I had serious trust issues, but honestly, the more people I met, the more I didn’t want to meet more.”
― From Lukov with Love
― From Lukov with Love
“There is not truly bad weather, just bad clothes.”
― The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
― The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
“It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”
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