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I can think of another quickie education for a child, which, in its way, is almost as salutary: Meeting a human being who is tremendously respected by the adult world, and realizing that that person is actually a malicious lunatic.
“Life will cook; the seas will rise. The planet’s lungs will be ripped out. And the law will let this happen, because harm was never imminent enough. Imminent, at the speed of people, is too late. The law must judge imminent at the speed of trees.”
― The Overstory
― The Overstory
“Heartless it may be, but headless it ain't. I've never claimed to be nice, just to be sensible.”
― Lords and Ladies
― Lords and Ladies
“Trees stand at the heart of ecology, and they must come to stand at the heart of human politics.”
― The Overstory
― The Overstory
“I guess he's used to suspicious people with crappy tempers. Or maybe I've never seemed as normal as I thought.”
― White Cat
― White Cat
“The amount a person can spare is relative; the value of generosity is not.”
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
― To Be Taught, If Fortunate
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