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“Kiki don't get too hung up on appearances, it's your heart that's important”
― Kiki's Delivery Service
― Kiki's Delivery Service
“Evolution demands that all species solve the equation of converting energy from the world around them into the next generation. Living things, from bacteria to blue whales, solve this equation in different and often ingenious ways based on their biology, environmental pressures, the care required for offspring to reach maturity, and even social structure. For example, some organisms reproduce asexually, some deposit unfertilized eggs that will hopefully get fertilized, and some have very long gestations, like an elephant, which carries its calf -- which will ultimately weigh approximately 110kg (243kg) at birth -- for twenty two months.”
― Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
― Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
“We need to model calmness. We have to be regulating our own internal states first before we expect our children to learn to regulate theirs.”
― Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
― Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
“It’s not my job to entertain the children. It’s their job to be part of the team.”
― Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
― Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
“But this is the patriarchy: facts are irrelevant; it's the world order that matters.”
― Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
― Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
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