Jaelyn Wratchford

“You can store meat in your own pantry or in the belly of your brother. Both have the result of keeping hunger at bay but with very different consequences for the people and for the land which provided that sustenance.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

“Part of learning to receive things is learning to do so when you haven’t even asked for them. To let love sneak up on you with its warm splash of light and just stand there squinting. It can be a lot to take. I stood there for a minute, not sure if I was going to cry. I didn’t. We kept walking.”
― Melissa Febos, Girlhood

“In a gift economy, wealth is understood as having enough to share, and the practice for dealing with abundance is to give it away.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

“I’ve long believed that the ones who have more joy win.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World