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“Estraven stood there in harness beside me looking at that magnificent and unspeakable desolation. 'I'm glad I have lived to see this,' he said.
I have felt as he did. It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
I have felt as he did. It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“People think they understand things because they become familiar with them. This is only superficial knowledge. It is the knowledge of the astronomer who knows the names of the stars, the botanist who knows the classification of the leaves and flowers, the artist who knows the aesthetics of green and red. This is not to know nature itself- the earth and sky, green and red. Astronomer, botanist, and artist have done no more than grasp impressions and interpret them, each within the vault of his own mind. The more involved they become with the activity of the intellect, the more they set themselves apart and the more difficult it becomes to live naturally.”
― The One-Straw Revolution
― The One-Straw Revolution
“Because sometimes happy songs will make sad people miserable, because they feel guilty that they aren’t happy, on top of the sadness. But a sad song talks to the part that hurts, says, Yeah I know, yeah it’s bad, yeah it hurts: but I’m with you. I feel it too.”
― The River Why
― The River Why
“There are several ways to perform almost any act - an efficient, workable, artistic way and a careless, indifferent, sloppy way. Care and artistry are worth the trouble. They can be a satisfaction to the practitioner and a joy to all beholders.”
― The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living
― The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living
“Farming is a poor way to make a living, at least around here, because you have to go into factory farming to make it pay. It is the best hobby there is—only 'hobby' is too little a word. The best way of life. Not just because you learn forty different trades, and not just because you follow the seasons, but because you get to spend your whole life producing a single work of art. That is, the farm itself.”
― Third Person Rural: Further Essays of a Sometime Farmer
― Third Person Rural: Further Essays of a Sometime Farmer
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