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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Action is the antidote to despair.

Insight into the dolphins’ world: “With a surge of love, she understood that the Tursiops used noice as the Longi used touch, just to remain connected.”

“Somewhere in its newly spacious mind, it noted …(xyz)” - what a lovely concept! “A newly spacious mind” <3 I’ll try to get one of those myself :D

He was not afraid of any outer situation, only the feeling inside himself, when he thought of - - - (insert what that is for you :) Otherwise in the book, for Google the dolphin, that sentence ends with “his anthrops”)

Her many faults were so plain that everyone felt more gracious by comparison. How could they not have seen that cruel pride in themselves?

The elders knew that the mantas could also gift hyperconsciousness to those who saw them […] Ea felt the mantas so strongly; they were such beautiful beings and their circling motion sent waves of bliss through her.

He felt surrounded by protection and the sound joined him to the whale’s loving heart.

Only people who succeeded could afford to laugh at their failures and imperfections. People like Ea, who lived the repeated humiliation of failure, turned and swam away.

Loneliness and shame were gone, there was no exhibitionism, no performance, no straining to be good and kind and never have a bad thought. For once Ea felt safe to be the difficult awkward angry envious person she was, and still be accepted.