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“It is a sad fact that to many people the loss of a plant species is of less moment than the loss of a football match. I hate the thought that the only record of a beautiful plant might yet be the grave of the herbarium sheet.”
― Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
― Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
“Benjamin Franklin said it best: “Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom.”
― The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
― The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
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“Whether we find it appealing or not is another question, but personally I like being fourth cousin to a mushroom and having a bonobo as my closest living relative. It makes me feel a part of the world.”
― Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
― Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
“Not that I subscribe to the utilitarian view that plants are only good for what we can get out of them—it should be enough to add another beautiful (or even plain) item to nature’s inventory. We need to know what there is in the world for us to look after, regardless of its potential use.”
― Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
― Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
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