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“If a member of the military can be killed and left in the road, in front of his own house, then who will be safe in this country?”
― Between Everything and Nothing
― Between Everything and Nothing
“How painful and absurd, this fantasy that your own
labors might in turn be redeemed by strangers centuries and perhaps continents away who would need to hear what you had to whisper, this delusion that you were doing anything other than babbling because you like the sounds it makes, like a child blowing bubbles into milk.”
― Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time
labors might in turn be redeemed by strangers centuries and perhaps continents away who would need to hear what you had to whisper, this delusion that you were doing anything other than babbling because you like the sounds it makes, like a child blowing bubbles into milk.”
― Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time
“Do all people have one story that haunts them throughout their lives?”
― Evening
― Evening
“For every species of book person, the idea of Shakespeare’s library—his personal collection of manuscripts, books, letters and other papers—is enticing, totemic, a subject of wonder. How did he write? Who inspired him? Who appalled him? To know Shakespeare’s books is to know Shakespeare the author.”
― Shakespeare's Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature
― Shakespeare's Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature
“I often tell students that we should aspire to be amanuenses to the land: to let the land speak (in all its voices, human and otherwise), then take dictation, and try to get some of the words right.
“How do you know when you get the words right?” they ask.
“You know,” I reply. When we do, the leaves not only speak; they positively sing.”
― Nature Matrix: New and Selected Essays
“How do you know when you get the words right?” they ask.
“You know,” I reply. When we do, the leaves not only speak; they positively sing.”
― Nature Matrix: New and Selected Essays
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