"Our sense of community and compassionate intelligence must be extended to all life forms, plants, animals, rocks, rivers, and human beings. This is the story of our past and it will be the story of our future."

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Source : Terry Tempest Williams (2008). “Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert”, p.76, Vintage

Terry Tempest Williams

#Nature Quotes #Past Quotes #Animal Quotes

“I'm not opinionated; you're just wrong. -Bucky”
“The way I listen to music goes in waves depending on a lot of things. How busy I am, if I'm in between composition projects, if I'm starting a new project. So, the only time I listen to the radio for music is with my daughter's when I'm driving them to school, or driving them somewhere.”
“The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.”
“Knowing one was comprised of recycled matter only and that selfhood was a delusion did not take away the aching of the heart.”
“The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.”
“There's probably more history now preserved underwater than in all the museums of the world combined. And there's no law governing that history. It's finders keepers.”
“A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.”
“Only by affirming the animateness of perceived things do we allow our words to emerge directly from the depths of our ongoing reciprocity with the world.”

Source : David Abram (2012). “The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World”, p.56, Vintage

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