Julie

“When you put a log on the fire, the light and heat you see is, in a literal sense, the decades of sunshine that tree basked in over its lifetime.”
― Peter Brannen, The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

“My aim is not to give you knowledge. My aim is to help you break free from your views.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

“Globally, about 145 million people live three feet or less above the current sea level. As the waters rise, millions of these people will be displaced, many of them in poor countries, creating generations of climate refugees that will make today’s Syrian war refugee crisis look like a high school drama production.”
― Jeff Goodell, The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World

“Having a mentally ill parent meant simultaneously wrestling with a hard relationship while mourning the absence of the one you actually wanted.”
― Liz Scheier, Never Simple