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wow i’m not even that far but wow

“people have chatted about what country you would move to ‘if things got really bad’? maybe you’ve had this conversation. my answer is always the same. i’m not leaving. this is my home. i will die in the streets with my anti-fascist comrades fighting for the future. taylor swift does not have room for you at her ranch. jeff bezos does not have a seat for you on his spaceship.”

i’ll leave this here.

“what is the geography of my soul? is there a corresponding place for it?”

“I live in hope of the things that can be returned to me. I live with grief over things that cannot be undone. The present time has been the result of many past decisions. The choices I make today will create tomorrow. I hope to do the right thing with regard to this shining earth I walk upon and this wilderness. I am deeply connected to it and all that belong to it.”

“and then there’s the love thing, we all feel it sometimes, but we’re afraid to say it, and sometimes we wish we’d said it when it’s too late. when you suddenly realize how close you came to losing your last chance or how suddenly you might lose it, it’s time to start reworking your values”

trouble with contentment

“you find yourself sitting at a window observing a not-to-beautiful-but-not-really-bad-day and not paying a hell of a lot of attention to it, because, after all, it is there, and it’s nice, and what else is there to say? and suddenly you catch yourself thinking in terms of nice rather than fantastic… suddenly, your back bends and you notice gray hairs”