"Maybe it’s animalness that will make the world right again: the wisdom of elephants, the enthusiasm of canines, the grace of snakes, the mildness of anteaters. Perhaps being human needs some diluting."

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Source : Carol Emshwiller (2004). “Carmen Dog”, p.158, Small Beer Press

Carol Emshwiller

#Snakes Quotes #Elephants Quotes #Grace Quotes

“A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it with diabolical malevolence.”
“If you actually just treat people as if they're already in the movement, they're already alongside this movement, and just let them enter the conversation midstream, it's actually more effective.”
“Even on education, his one accomplishment, the Leave No Child Behind Act, and he has left it unfunded.”
“What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk with the sky?”
“I have an idea about voting, how about on every ballot we include "None of the above". People may laugh at that, but what that is, it is a vote of no confidence in your government and I'm willing to bet that in some elections, 'None of the Above' would win. Imagine if you won the election but lost to 'None of the Above'. Wouldn't that make you re-think your positions?”
“The presence of danger has a way of making you feel fully awake.”
“I feel close to Marvin Gaye, Vincent van Gogh, because nobody appreciated his work until he was dead. Now it's worth millions.”
“The last thing we learn about ourselves is our effect.”

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