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Robin Wall Kimmerer
“I'm told that the Chinese character for catastrophe is the same as that which represents opportunity.”
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

“. . . you know who Polworth is?"

"Your best mate," said Robin.

"He's my oldest mate," Strike corrected her. "My best mate . . . "

For a split second he wondered whether he was going to say it, but the whisky had lifted the guard he usually kept upon himself: why not say it, why not let go?

" . . . is you."

Robin was so amazed, she couldn't speak. Never, in four years, had Strike come close to telling her what she was to him. Fondness had had to be deduced from offhand comments, small kindnesses, awkward silences or gestures forced from him under stress. She'd only once before felt as she did now, and the unexpected gift that had engendered the feeling had been a sapphire and diamond ring, which she'd left behind when she walked out on the man who'd given it to her.

She wanted to make some kind of return, but for a moment or two, her throat felt too constricted.

"I . . . well, the feeling's mutual," she said, trying not to sound too happy.”
Robert Galbraith, Troubled Blood

Robin Wall Kimmerer
“Time can vanish in exploring these places, like wandering through an art gallery of unexpected forms and colors. Sometimes, I look up from my microscope at the end of an hour, and I’m taken aback at the plainness of the ordinary world, the drab and predictable shapes.”
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer
“...forests exhibit remarkable resilience in the face of disaster. I'm told that the Chinese character for catastrophe is the same as that which represents the word opportunity. And the blowdown, while catastrophic, presented opportunity for many...”
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Robin Wall Kimmerer
“To destroy a wild thing for pride seems a potent act of domination.”
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

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