The Naturalist Society Quotes

“There was no need for the divine when nature itself provided no end of awe.”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“What was the point of God if one could understand Him?”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“The perversity of nature, unpredictable and contrary, and maybe that was why she loved birds; they never quite did what you wanted them to.”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.” This philosophy led Muir to”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“That feeling when you see a disaster about to happen and wish you could stop time, just for a moment—”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“Flight should have purpose, and that purpose determines its qualities. Not to mention there’s the question of physiology. Maybe we’re just not built for it.”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“Call them savage if you like; the skills I have learned from the Inuit people will keep myself and my crew alive in the south polar regions.” Anton couldn’t express this truth any more clearly. “Mr. West’s Arcanism is practical, not fanciful, and will do the same.”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“It’s one of several Inuit languages, sir. A simple observation that when you’ve been through a storm, preparing for the next is easier. I merely hoped to demonstrate that I have spent a great deal of time learning to survive the cold from those who know it best.”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“Gentlemen, I am deeply grateful for your time and attention here today, and I hope you’ll find what I have to say worthwhile—”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“You know of any particularly good practica that will persuade the committee?” He was only partly serious. He knew the answer. “I could try, but I think your charm will do better. My tricks aren’t always reliable.” “Neither is my charm, I fear.”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“The associations she made between Sterna paradisaea and the Arcane power inherent in that connection, a power that could connect the world.”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“Well, no. But that’s the point, isn’t it? I don’t know. I don’t know everything. I’ll never know everything. None of us ever will; we’re all just muddling along. We don’t know what’s possible.”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“Bran’s desk was a storm of letters and notes, the contents of his mind given physical form.”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“Besides that, the native peoples rarely share what they know, except to a chosen few, who are keeping their secrets. White scholars, they say, have proved untrustworthy and lack the connection to the world around them that fuels their knowledge.”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society

“All the things she ought to be grateful for, so at odds with all the things she longed for.”
― Carrie Vaughn, The Naturalist Society