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“The complex human eye harvests light. It perceives seven to ten million colors through a synaptic flash: one-tenth of a second from retina to brain. Homo sapiens gangs up to 70 percent of its sense receptors solely for vision, to anticipate danger and recognize reward, but also—more so—for beauty.”
― The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
― The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
“...to slip beneath the surface and soar along the silent bottom of the sea agile and shining in water honeycombed with light.”
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“A map, it is said, organizes wonder.”
― The Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest
― The Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest
“You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.”
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“Everyone will tell you that genealogy serves two purposes: self-knowledge and social status, some sort of pedigree divined from names, locations, and achievements of eminence. However, there is nothing quite like an anomaly to suck attention away from the droning census records. A suicide hinted at emotion and thought. A closet door was flung open and daylight flooded a skeleton.”
― The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
― The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky
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