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Subsequent expeditions, which included Jesuit priests, remedied earlier errors by driving large herds of goats, cows, and sheep with them. This saved their lives but ruined California. European livestock quickly overgrazed the grasslands.
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“Every step is a first step if it's a step in the right direction.”
― I Shall Wear Midnight
― I Shall Wear Midnight
“Repressive societies always seemed to understand the danger of "wrong" ideas.”
― Kindred
― Kindred
“Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?”
― Sabriel
― Sabriel
“Better to stay alive," I said. "At least while there's a chance to get free." I thought of the sleeping pills in my bag and wondered just how great a hypocrite I was. It was so easy to advise other people to live with their pain.”
― Kindred
― Kindred
“She heard him mutter, 'Can you take away this grief?'
'I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do so even if I knew how. It belongs to you. Only time and tears take away grief; that is what they are for.”
― I Shall Wear Midnight
'I'm sorry,' she replied. 'Everyone asks me. And I would not do so even if I knew how. It belongs to you. Only time and tears take away grief; that is what they are for.”
― I Shall Wear Midnight
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