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“At the end of the day, the only person responsible for your survival is you.”
― Anthony Barrett, Master the World of Edible Wild Plants: A Beginner Friendly Guide to Foraging

“I believe it was Aviccena who said, “There are no worthless herbs, only a lack of knowledge.”
― Anthony Barrett, Master the World of Edible Wild Plants: A Beginner Friendly Guide to Foraging

“When you harvest from nature’s garden, you indirectly become a part of that life cycle and a source of sustaining the environment.”
― Anthony Barrett, Master the World of Edible Wild Plants: A Beginner Friendly Guide to Foraging

“Nature’s bounty is for a limited time only. And this fact makes it all the more precious.”
― Anthony Barrett, Master the World of Edible Wild Plants: A Beginner Friendly Guide to Foraging

“I find it perplexing in just one century, thousands of years of proven herbal remedies were replaced with modern scientific discoveries.”
― Jenni Rempel, Forget The Pharmacy - Grow Your Own Medicine: The Homesteader's Ultimate Self-Sufficient Guide to Grow Herbs, Craft Natural Remedies, and Treat Common ...

“These discoveries significantly improved our health in certain areas but overwhelmed us with side effects and other health issues on the other. And these are only two examples. Scientists, specifically giant pharmaceutical companies, credit themselves for something found in the wonderful world of nature. Nevertheless, we don’t want to mess with mother nature!”
― Jenni Rempel, Forget The Pharmacy - Grow Your Own Medicine: The Homesteader's Ultimate Self-Sufficient Guide to Grow Herbs, Craft Natural Remedies, and Treat Common ...

“She had to know what she was seeking before she was worthy of knowing the answers.”
― M.C. Dulac, The Alchemist of London

“A wise man said the best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”
― Carolyn Schield, Keys of Life: Sword of Fire

“Shakespeare said it, ‘What’s past is prologue.”
― Carolyn Schield, Keys of Life: Sword of Fire

“Being able to create deep, meaningful connections with other women is an important skill during this time of extreme patriarchy.”
― Ellen S. Worth, The Witch Wound: Healing Ancestral Trauma and Rebuilding Community in this age of Increasing Patriarchy and Divisiveness

“No wonder the witch wound is still so prevalent today. If you were accused of witchcraft, you learned that confessing to crimes you didn’t commit and incriminating others was preferable to the torture you would endure, and ensured your suffering would end much quicker. Standing on the sidelines and not speaking up taught our ancestors that if they wanted to protect themselves and their families, they had to stay quiet, fit into this new mold created by those in power, and accept the abuse they experienced. This barely scratches the surface of the pain and suffering the witch trials caused—both in the past and in the present—but understanding this dark time in history helps you better understand how this collective experience has turned into a multigenerational trauma that we still experience today.”
― Ellen S. Worth, The Witch Wound: Healing Ancestral Trauma and Rebuilding Community in this age of Increasing Patriarchy and Divisiveness

“Generational wounds are passed on not only verbally, but also through your DNA.”
― Ellen S. Worth, The Witch Wound: Healing Ancestral Trauma and Rebuilding Community in this age of Increasing Patriarchy and Divisiveness

“experienced or went through, but our DNA remembers for us. Your unconscious belief system, one you won’t be aware of until you begin to actively identify and evaluate it, is influenced by the history and herstory of your ancestors”
― Ellen S. Worth, The Witch Wound: Healing Ancestral Trauma and Rebuilding Community in this age of Increasing Patriarchy and Divisiveness

“Essentially, you can experience all the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (hypervigilance, anxiety, and mood dysregulation) without having experienced the traumatic event or having flashbacks and memories of the experience.”
― Ellen S. Worth, The Witch Wound: Healing Ancestral Trauma and Rebuilding Community in this age of Increasing Patriarchy and Divisiveness

“If you keep giving in, however, the cycle continues and your wound will be passed on to the next generation of women. It’s time to take back your power by figuring out which fears and issues you face come from modern society, and which ones come from your ancestors.”
― Ellen S. Worth, The Witch Wound: Healing Ancestral Trauma and Rebuilding Community in this age of Increasing Patriarchy and Divisiveness

“You don’t have to apologize for taking up space, being seen, or existing.”
― Ellen S. Worth, The Witch Wound: Healing Ancestral Trauma and Rebuilding Community in this age of Increasing Patriarchy and Divisiveness

“Psychology, the study of mind, was still the poor step-child to Neurology, study of the brain.”
― Robert Nolin, Charani's Gift

“We were directed to consider ourselves psycho-pathologists.”
― Robert Nolin, Charani's Gift

“When money crosses the palm,” Mort warned, “you are in the presence of a sharp.”
― Robert Nolin, Charani's Gift

“We may scoff at such ignorance, but it matters not whether their conclusions are soundly based: the end result—belief—is the key, Percy.”
― Robert Nolin, Charani's Gift

“Obviously, they contain nothing efficacious, and yet people take a spoonful, it gives them a tingling sensation, which surely indicates its potency. We may scoff at such ignorance, but it matters not whether their conclusions are soundly based: the end result—belief—is the key, Percy. They already believe before they’ve taken a single dose. It’s their belief—their faith—that does the job. It’s really the same phenomenon as Christian Science, when you think about it.”
― Robert Nolin, Charani's Gift

“Tonight, the medium had helped this woman to lay down a lifetime’s burden of guilt. As a physician, trained to ease suffering, I could not find fault with the method simply because it was not “proper” or “scientific.”
― Robert Nolin, Charani's Gift

“I wondered if he was aware of it. How blind we all are to our own personal tics.”
― Robert Nolin, Charani's Gift

“Assholism would not be necessary if human nature were not so flawed.”
― Asa Austin, Release the A**hole Within: Stop Being Nice.

“Yes, it’s a lie, but the media repeated it, and a lie repeated becomes perception, and perception is reality. Perception is also very hard to change.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis Plague

“Plague = Global Capitalism: a Darwinian force that cannot be stopped; it seeps into every nation, discarding the weak, selecting the strong. Orchid = Central Bank stimulus: easy money, a false cure that never solves the root causes, only suppresses symptoms, prolonging the agony. Current outbreak = Like another Global Financial Crisis: uncontainable, incurable, irreversible. Inevitable.”
― A.G. Riddle, The Atlantis Plague

“The thing is, I was genuine. I was always myself, that’s the secret. You should try it. Instead of forcing everything around you into the boxes you think they belong in, try being yourself. See what happens. Who knows, you might even like it.” She”
― Rimmy London, A Doggone Waterfront Shame

“I deserved more from you. But when you’re with the wrong person, there will always be failings. Forcing two people together that don’t fit is a waste of time for both of them. So, I’m going to have to ask you to stop.” Her voice caught in her throat, and she hurried”
― Rimmy London, A Doggone Waterfront Shame

“But there was a certain catharsis in saying how you truly felt.”
― Michelle Diener, The Emperor's Conspiracy

“Be happy, do the things you love, and don’t feel guilty about any of it. You can stop living with the purpose of making sure everyone else is OK and start living to make sure you are OK.”
― Donna S. Conley, Wild Moon Healing: Harness the Energy of Lunar Cycles to Awaken Your Inner Truth