Mandy Bode-Krohn

“How we think ripples out to how we behave. If we view these berries, or that spring, as an object, as property, it can be exploited as a commodity in a market economy. When something moves from the status of gift to the status of commodity, we can become detached from mutual responsibility. We know the consequences of that detachment.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

“I didn't love the brides, and they certainly didn't love me, but at least there was finally one thing I understood about myself when everything I knew in the world had come undone. Breasts really are fantastic! I mean just the best, absolutely divine. I could live for 1000 more years and never tire of them.”
― Kiersten White, Lucy Undying

“Kids are not our clones. They grow and change and we have to get to know them all over again at every new juncture.”
― Renee Carlino, This Used to Be Us

“She breathed deep, appreciating the moment of solitude. Silence in an outdoor space had a presence instead of an absence.”
― Cherie Dimaline, VenCo