"No matter how intently one studies the hundred little dramas of the woods and meadows, one can never learn all the salient facts about any one of them."

-- Aldo Leopold

#Nature Quotes #Drama Quotes #Littles Quotes

“I write both, as you know, dozens of ecological and social scientific and historical works, dozens of novels. It's hard to describe a novel that grapples with the horrors of World War II as anything but grueling. But Codex OrfÃ©o is somehow...well, I hope, riveting for readers. Deeply provocative. Cinematic in a nearly surreal sense.”
“We can figure it out, it's not like we all have a disease.”
“Nothing you become will disappoint me; I have no preconception that I'd like to see you be or do. I have no desire to forsee you, only to discover you. You can't disappoint me.”
“I don't want to name names because I don't want to draw too many direct comparisons but the history of Fascism is populated by people who need to subjugate other people and elevate their status and power to a level which is supreme. Usually, any psychological study of those people will reveal a sort of lost, damaged child, who is somehow heartbroken and doesn't have any self-worth.”
“If we are to better the future we must disturb the present.”

Source : Catherine Booth (1990). “For God Alone”, Ambassador Productions Limited
“You need diplomacy and not slogans. This is the place for wisdom, the place for seeking windows that will take you to the objective.”
“I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.”
“That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.”

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