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"Rachel Carson birthed the modern environmental movements's awareness of the threat posed by chemicals in Silent Spring and for that the chemical companies did their best to destroy her. That was not the goal of her life. She was a marine biologist who didn't complete her PhD because she took care of family, as so many women must. Nevertheless, this book was her fourth to look at the sea. It will be beautiful." — Apr 26, 2026 09:07PM
"Rachel Carson birthed the modern environmental movements's awareness of the threat posed by chemicals in Silent Spring and for that the chemical companies did their best to destroy her. That was not the goal of her life. She was a marine biologist who didn't complete her PhD because she took care of family, as so many women must. Nevertheless, this book was her fourth to look at the sea. It will be beautiful." — Apr 26, 2026 09:07PM
“She knew there was something amazing about something - someone - who celebrated you, always, and how rare that was: how endless that is, and how beautiful it could be.”
― If The Train Arrives
― If The Train Arrives
“Surrender will always feel like dying, and yet it is the necessary path to liberation.”
― Breathing Underwater
― Breathing Underwater
“Forgiven doesn't mean no regret. We'll always regret the wrongs we've done. It just means you're not punishing yourself for it.”
― The Library of the Unwritten
― The Library of the Unwritten
“That is one thing gods and mortals share. When we are young, we think ourselves the first to have each feeling in the world.”
― Circe
― Circe
“Our problem now, though, is that, increasingly, we are called not just to argue about what is true, but to say things that we know to be false, just to prove that we are part of the tribe to which we belong.”
― Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America
― Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America
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