Alexander

“I omitted one of my favorite anecdotes, related by Emerson, that when asked at the table what dish he preferred, Thoreau answered so typically, “The nearest.”
― Walter Roy Harding, The Days of Henry Thoreau: A Biography

“But already there is some ambiguity, for does black designate a “color” that does not reflect light (and if so, why label it a color?), or does black designate the “color” that results in the total absence of light? Without light, no color, and without color, there is only black – and yet black is not a color.”
― Eugene Thacker, Starry Speculative Corpse

“Whether we can “save” the planet is one question – whether the planet needs saving is another.”
― Eugene Thacker, Starry Speculative Corpse

“Have you lost all faith?” “Yes,” she whispered. “Good,” he replied. “Then I have one last task for you. I’ve been to that planet of yours, and I think I’d like it best if the only sounds were the wind in the dead trees and the waves crashing upon empty shores.”
― Lucy A. Snyder, In the Court of the Yellow King