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“uncomfortable” is not nearly a strong enough word. i had to peel myself away from this book for any chance of a restful night’s sleep.

i keep waiting for this book to “tone down” which is my naivety speaking.

i fear that this book may change my life and force the painful, penetrative act of self-reflection. whether it be on how i consume, both literally and figuratively, or even how i express my love.

this has been embodying my love and perspective of what makes ecology to special to me. ecology is a radically spiritual experience.

i understand her repetitive phrasing might be taxing. there are thousands of ways to say “all flourishing is mutual” and robin is using all of them. that being said, it’s a message we must constantly instill in us and i’m grateful for the insistence.

“It pains me to know that an old-growth forest is ‘worth’ far more as lumber than as the lungs of the Earth. And yet I am harnessed to this economy, in ways large and small, yoked to pervasive extraction.”

man…

I’m utterly enthralled. I’ve completely neglected my schoolwork in favor of knowing as much as possible about Jennette’s life. I’ve choked up, heaved several sympathetic sighs, and been absolutely beside myself for a woman who is not only older than me, but emulated a person I revered on screen. Sam Puckett came at a cost and attributing episodes I’ve loved to these milestones in her life is grueling.