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I had to take some time before starting this one for the sake of my poor heart.

This book harbors some of the longest sentences I have ever goddamn seen.

I accidentally super overbooked myself this summer and have had to use what would typically be my reading time to do other things. But I'm BACK, baby. I only have like three chapters of this left and the rest of the book is just the index lol

"These reminders of our limits—in the yipping howl of the coyote, the scrabbling of a rat, or the bear at the bird feeder—might teach us something, if we cared to listen. [The dead coyote] paid the ultimate price, simply for being where she was. But she was, in fact, where she belonged."

This is making me want Korean food more than I already always want Korean food, and making me feel wistful more than I already always feel wistful.

"Humans created a place for the pigeon, bringing it willingly into their lives. This is a species that helped to found modern journalism, a species whose members received military awards for bravery. And now, they're 'rats with wings.'"

Why am I crying about the noble pigeon at 11 am on a weekday

"People might worship out of devotion, or they might worship out of fear. But with worship comes respect. And with respect comes coexistence."

"When rats are disgusting, it is because of where they live and why they live there. Rats are disgusting because humans are — because we generate trash and sewage, because we are indifferent to each other's sufferings."

I'm GOING to FINISH this BOOK if it KILLS ME

My life has been pure chaos lately and I also just got this book back on Libby after losing it for TWO MONTHS WTF but I'm going to get back to reading I swear

"And what if life is just a collection of essentially unrelated experiences? Why does one thing have to follow meaningfully from another?"

This is fantastic so far!

This is my bread and butter and you KNOW it