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“Whether we are digging wild leeks or going to the mall, how do we consume in a way that does justice to the lives we take?”
― The Democracy of Species
― The Democracy of Species
“It occurred to me almost constantly in the South that had I lived there I would have been an eccentric and full of anger, and I wondered what form the anger would have taken. Would I have taken up causes, or would I have simply knifed somebody?”
― South and West: From a Notebook
― South and West: From a Notebook
“The arrogance of English is that the only way to be animate, to be worthy of respect and moral concern, is to be human.”
― The Democracy of Species
― The Democracy of Species
“Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know--because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“When we tell them that the tree is not a who, but an it, we make that maple tree an object; we put a barrier between us”
― The Democracy of Species
― The Democracy of Species
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