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Quote by Rebecca Solnit

“For many years, I have been moved by the blue at the far edge of what can be seen, that color of horizons, of remote mountain ranges, of anything far away. The color of that distance is the color of an emotion, the color of solitude and of desire, the color of there seen from here, the color of where you are not. And the color of where you can never go.”

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Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit is an American writer known for her works on environmental, cultural, political, and social issues. Her writing spans a wide range of topics, including nature, travel, gender, and power. Her books include 'Wanderlust', 'A Field Guide to Getting Lost', and 'The Faraway Nearby'. more

“The object we call a book is not the real book, but its potential, like a musical score or seed. It exists fully only in the act of being read; and its real home is inside the head of the reader, where the symphony resounds, the seed germinates. A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another.”

Heart Book Real Home Objects Reader Beats Seeds Score Chests Symphony Real Books

Author:Rebecca Solnit

“I was fifteen, and when I picture myself then, I see flames shooting up, see myself falling off the edge of the world, and am amazed I survived not the outside world but the inside one.”

World Fall Edges Shooting Flames Fifteen Survived Amazed Outside World Falling Off Edge Of The World Shooting Up

Book:A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Source: A Field Guide to Getting Lost

“Thinking is generally thought of as doing nothing in a production - oriented society and doing nothing is hard to do. It's best done by disguising it as doing something and the something closest to doing nothing is walking.”

Thinking Hard Done Walking Productions Closest Doing Nothing

Author:Rebecca Solnit

“Kindness and gentleness never had a gender, and neither did empathy.”

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