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One recent study that was striking, even to me, concluded that children “who used screens more than the recommended one hour a day without parental involvement had lower levels of development in the brain’s white matter—an area key to the
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“Resistance plays for keeps. It plays to kill. Resistance is fueled by fear. It has no power on its own. Every ounce of juice it possesses comes from us. Master the fear and we conquer resistance.”
― The War of Art
― The War of Art
“Everyone contributes something, and I guess I bring the awkward.”
― Adult Assembly Required
― Adult Assembly Required
“Stepping out into the world, into the grass, onto the path, was always a kind of relief. I was not escaping anything. I was returning to the arena of delight.”
― Upstream: Selected Essays
― Upstream: Selected Essays
“We are, I guess, all of us, built out of stories.”
― The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
― The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
“Have you ever thought about the word 'hayseed?' a writer friend asked me one day, as we walked through waist-high pastures. What an amazing metaphor. Out of the entire English language, someone chose that word as an insult, but it has poetic double meaning. What are the odds? ...
What a tiny dream a hayseed is! What an outrageous assertion, that a seed could ever amount to anything more than just a single blade of grass. And yet, raveled into that tiny husk is everything our farm has ever needed, or will ever need in the future.”
― Gaining Ground: A Story Of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family Farm
What a tiny dream a hayseed is! What an outrageous assertion, that a seed could ever amount to anything more than just a single blade of grass. And yet, raveled into that tiny husk is everything our farm has ever needed, or will ever need in the future.”
― Gaining Ground: A Story Of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family Farm
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