Haley’s Reviews > Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants > Status Update

"In a consumer society, contentment is a radical proposition. Recognizing abundance rather than scarcity undermines an economy that thrives by creating unmet desires. Gratitude cultivates an ethic of fullness, but the economy needs emptiness."

"Gardens are simultaneously a material and a spiritual undertaking."

I want a garden so bad it hurts.

"A good mother grows into a richly eutrophic old woman, knowing that her work doesn't end until she creates a home where all of life's beings can flourish."

"The stories we choose to shape our behaviors have adaptive consequences."

"We can choose. If all the world is a commodity, how poor we grow. When all the world is a gift in motion, how wealthy we become."

"A great longing is upon us, to live again in a world made of gifts. I can scent it coming, like the fragrance of ripening strawberries rising on the breeze."

Do you ever feel a book has found you?