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Hope Jahren
“A plant that lives where it should not is simply a pest, but a plant that thrives where it should not live is a weed. We don’t resent the audacity of the weed, as every seed is audacious; we resent its fantastic success. Humans are actively creating a world where only weeds can live and then feigning shock and outrage upon finding so many.”
Hope Jahren, Lab Girl

Louise Glück
“I am tired of having hands
she said
I want wings —

But what will you do without your hands
to be human?

I am tired of human
she said
I want to live on the sun —”
Louise Glück, Averno

Louise Glück
“Even before you touched me, I belonged to you; all you had to do was look at me.”
Louise Glück

Louise Glück
“You get on a train, you disappear.

You write your name on the window, you disappear.

There are places like this everywhere,
places you enter as a young girl
from which you never return.”
Louise Glück, Averno

Nan Shepherd
“To aim for the highest point is not the only way to climb a mountain.”
Nan Shepherd, The Living Mountain

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