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Kathryn’s Quotes

“Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.”
― Gary Snyder

tags: earth, find, gary, place, planet, responibility, snyder

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“Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.”
― Tamora Pierce, Sandry's Book

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“What else can you offer the earth, which has everything? What else can you give but something of yourself? A homemade ceremony, a ceremony that makes a home.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

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“The music, while it lasted, brought a new world into being.”
― Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow

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“We always used to think it didn’t matter, that when you mined out one area, or farmed it out, or overgrazed it, you could move to new country beyond the hills, keep moving West. But there are no new places to go anymore. The land is full. We have to stay where we are, take care of what we have. There isn’t going to be anything else.”
― Edward Abbey, The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West

tags: conservation

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