Ruby Grace

“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?”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Democracy of Species

“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”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Democracy of Species

“Trying to understand the life of another being or another ecosystem so unlike our own is often humbling and, for many scientists, is a deeply spiritual pursuit.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Democracy of Species

“I remember the words of Bill Tall Bull, a Cheyenne elder. As a young person, I spoke to him with a heavy heart, lamenting that I had no native language with which to speak to the plants and the places that I love. 'They love to hear the old language,' he said, 'it's true.' 'But,' he said, with fingers on his lips, 'You don't have to speak it here.' 'If you speak it hear,' he said, patting his chest, 'They will hear you.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Democracy of Species