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“When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize you cannot eat money.”—Cree Prophecy
At least as far back as the ancient Byzantines, religious people viewed the canopy—its shape and intent—as a place conducive to worship. They built their churches accordingly.
“Oh, dear, I don’t think so. The dollar weeds love this yard. You’re just going to have to learn to love them back.”
before I’d even had my first period, I knew this: When the role models in your life fail you, pick up a book.
This ability to be, in a single moment, emotionally charged and exquisitely detached is what allows me to know this about my relationship with Bill: I am on drugs. Yes, love is a drug, blinding me to faults and magnifying the good. The powerful hormonal compound called love is a necessary evil. Without it, I suspect humans would rarely mate. And me? I am overdosing.
