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Once There Were Wolves

Book by Charlotte McConaghy · 8 quotes · Human Nature, Nature, Aloneness

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“The world he describes, empty of wild creatures and places, overrun instead by people and their agriculture, is a dying world”

Nature Environment Sadness

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“I used to think people were good, too" I say. "I used to think we were mostly kind, all of us forgivable." " And now?" "Now I know better”

Dark Human Nature

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“We stomped through the world and crumpled things where we walked, too human, not creature enough.”

Human Nature Conservation

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“I want never to leave this place. I want never to see another human again. I want it more than I've ever wanted anything. The aloneness is exquisite; it is calm.”

Solitude Aloneness

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“I think it's civilization [that] makes us violent.”

Order Society Discipline Wild Tame

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“Wolves don't need forests, they grow them.”

Nature Wolves Rewilding

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“Det är inte det att jag har någon stor hemlighet, jag försöker bara låta bli att tänka på det och det betyder att jag inte pratar om det. Så ingen annan än Aggie och mrs Doyle - och nu Evan - vet någonting. Jag ger honom tvättsvampen och går in utan ett ord. Ett kort ögonblick stannar jag till med en hand på magen, på den hårda bulan. Det finns ett universum där inne.”

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“Hon säger ingenting på en stund. Sedan: "Älskling, du kommer själv att upptäcka det en dag, men vi är som mest felbara när vi försöker uppfostra våra barn”

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