Gillian

“And what of Nature itself, you say – that callous and cruel engine, red in tooth and fang? Well, it is not so much of an engine as you think. As for "red in tooth and fang," whenever I hear the phrase or its intellectual echoes I know that some passer-by has been getting life from books.”
― Henry Beston, The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod

“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”
― Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune

“Nature does not make mistakes. Right and wrong are human categories.”
― Frank Herbert

“Words are never 'only words'; they matter because they define the contours of what we can do.”
― Slavoj Žižek