"To the extent that we hyper-separate ourselves from nature and reduce it conceptually in order to justify domination, we not only lose the ability to empathise and to see the non-human sphere in ethical terms, but also get a false sense of our own character and location that includes an illusory sense of autonomy. The failure to see the non-human domain in the richer terms appropriate to ethics licences supposedly â€˜purely instrumentalâ€™ relationships that distort our perceptions and enframings, impoverish our relations and make us insensitive to dependencies and interconnections"

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Source : Val Plumwood (2005). “Environmental Culture: The Ecological Crisis of Reason”, p.9, Routledge

Val Plumwood

#Character Quotes #Order Quotes #Perception Quotes

“Any experienced player knows how a change in the character of the play influences your psychological mood.”
“I will make arrangements for you and Portia to return to London the following day. I will be closing up the house. I am leaving England for a while." "For how long?" I asked him, determined to keep my composure. "Until I am quite recovered from you," he said evenly. "When will you return?" "Never.”

Source : Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent on the Moor”, p.235, MIRA
“Always the rationalization is the same-"Once this situation is remedied, then I will be happy." But it never works that way in reality: The goal is achieved, but the person who reaches it is not the same person who dreamed it. The goal was static, but the person's identity was dynamic.”
“I'm no longer willing to let myself down.”

Source : Sarah Jio (2014). “Goodnight June: A Novel”, p.98, Penguin
“I have always believed that somehow the less we reveal the more the other desires to see.”
“Wealth is the sinews of affairs.”
“Most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside.”

Source : "Sunday Conversation: Brett Favre". Interview with Suzy Kolber, www.espn.com. November 24, 2004.
“Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.”

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