Wingwalkers
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Some say that we are not but islands ourselves, chance masses of cells each smaller than a grain of sand, bodies formed and unformed by wind and sea and earth. I say that may be so, but no island is truly an island. It is part of a chain, a
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“Rich people didn't get in that kind of mess. They never had. Only the poor got trapped: by ignorance, by religion, by self-righteous laws passed by people who broke them with impunity.”
― Grass
― Grass
“Knowledge is the only sword that can cut through harm being done in ignorance.”
― Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
― Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
“Animals, birds and insects can provide such useful insights. If I’m ever unsure as to the correct course of action, I’ll think, “What would a ferret do?” or, “How would a salamander respond to this situation?” Invariably, I find the right answer.”
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
“You can’t argue with nature. It is the primary context for living and for everything alive.”
― Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death
― Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death
“Trains running in every direction spit hot ash and cinders. Ministers and moralists feared that the vibrations and jostling of such fast travel would throw weak-minded women into sexual frenzies.”
― The Signature of All Things
― The Signature of All Things
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