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“that is my purpose. to live at ease with all of my kind; to abandon struggle and argument, questing and ambition; to embrace companionship, acceptance and surrender; to be at peace with the world. surely that is my purpose.
and the strange familiar voice rippled form the water: yes that’s a splendid purpose. but how do you persuade the world to be at peace with you?”

love the contrast of the heroic name cool names such as snakes tongue and the formal dialogue.

also adore how the book is centered around the simple pleasures in an ants life such as a full belly and the on the opposite side death