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“O love, how did you get here?”

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American poet, novelist, and playwright. Her works are known for their profound emotion and unique style, and she is considered one of the most important female writers of the 20th century. more

“One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe that the consequences of science are none of his business, or he must be the doctor who sees the marks of death in a community that believes itself well and does not want to be told otherwise.”

World Want Believe Wells Doe Community Land Consequence Doctors Mark Wounds Invisible Damage Shells Penalties Doctor Who Ecological Make Believe Nature And Environment Layman Land Conservation

Book:Round River

Source: Round River

“Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it.”

Firsts May Law Justice Steps Destroying First Steps Truth And Justice Law And Justice

Author:Gloria Steinem

“The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.”

Ifs Moments Past Gone Mindfulness Present Moment Live In The Moment Live Each Day Peace Is Every Step Present Life Buddhist Monk

Author:Nhat Hanh

“Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.”

Form Despair Snobbery

Author:Joseph Brodsky

“Cease being intimidated by the argument that a right action is impossible because it does not yield maximum profits, or that a wrong action is to be condoned because it pays.”

Doe Action Pay Impossible Argument Profit Cease Yield Maximum Intimidated Right Action Wrong Actions

Book:The River of the Mother of God: and other Essays by Aldo Leopold

Source: The River of the Mother of God: and other Essays by Aldo Leopold

“The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.”

Giving Said Peace Sides Victory Resolution Both Sides Win Win

Book:The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source: The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”

Said Dies Policy Depends Members Disease Embrace Parliament Mistress Unspeakable Gallows Repartee Members Of Parliament Classic Insult Disraeli

Author:Benjamin Disraeli

World Lying Opinion Recognition Popularity Popular Opinion

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“Only poor men get hanged.”

Men Poor Poor Man

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig.”

Humans Heart Grows Pride Pigs Human Heart Lard

Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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