Kirsten

“But I think I cannot own a thing and love it at the same time. Owning diminishes the innate sovereignty of a thing, enriching the possessor and reducing the possessed. -- Barbara Kingsolver writes, 'It's going to take the most selfless kind of love to do right by what we cherish and give it the protection to flourish outside our possessive embrace'.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

“Biologists may make unsuitable dinner conversation, but we are seldom bored.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
― Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

“A Cheyenne elder of my acquaintance once told me that the best way to find something is not to go looking for it.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses