Carol

“For a lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us everyday”
― Evelyn Underhill, Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness

“If civilization is to survive, it must live on the interest, not the capital, of nature.”
― Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress

“But this is exactly why I read--and don't belong to a book group--because reading is the most individual thing there is. Why collectivize it? Didn't we have enough bad English teachers in school? Crowd sourcing and literature shouldn't mix.”
― Peter Orner

“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress