Flight Behavior

by Barbara Kingsolver

Species diversity is a biological fact.

Cultural differences are really exciting territory,

sparks fly when there’s friction among different viewpoints.

I’m always looking at the dialectic between the truth we believe exists outside ourselves and the truth we invent for ourselves.

community and hope.

“the most remarkable feature of human culture is its capacity to reach beyond the self and encompass the collective good; yet, here in the United States we are blazing a bold downhill path from the high ground of ‘human collective’ toward the tight little den of ‘self.’

in fact nobody does anything alone.

John Nolt

Hope is a mode of survival. I think hope is a mode of resistance.

Hope is how parents get through the most difficult parts of their kids’ teenaged years. Hope is how a cancer patient endures painful treatments. Hope is how people on a picket line keep showing up.

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