“When we mistake what we can know for all there is to know, a healthy appreciation of one's ignorance in the face of a mystery like soil fertility gives way to the hubris that we can treat nature as a machine. Once that leap has been made, one input follows another, so that when the synthetic nitrogen fed to plants makes them more attractive to insects and vulnerable to disease, as we have discovered, the farmer turns to chemical pesticides to fix his broken machine.” KnowsWayGivingHas BeensMadeFacesTurnsMistakeMysteryLandIgnoranceBrokenHealthyDiseaseMachinesTreatsPlantAppreciationVulnerableAttractiveSoilFedsLeapChemicalsFarmersInsectsInputHubrisFertilitySyntheticPesticidesNitrogen Author:Michael Pollan
“It is the swimmer who first leaps into the frozen stream who is cut sharpest by the ice; those who follow him find it broken, and the last find it gone. It is the men or women who first tread down the path which the bulk of humanity will ultimately follow, who must find themselves at last in solitudes where the silence is deadly.” MenFirstsLastsHumanitySilenceGonePathCuttingHe ManBrokenSolitudeIceStreamsLeapSilence IsFrozenSocial ChangePioneersSwimmer Book:Woman and Labor Source: Woman and Labor
“There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher.” IfsMadeCertainBrokenLeapEditorsNonfictionPublishersEmbarrassingLeap Of FaithFiction And NonfictionBroken ThingsWriting Nonfiction Author:A. Scott Berg
“My heart is broken. It really is. All the signs are there. I can't sleep- not even burgers. Every time the phone rings, my pulse leaps... But it's never for me, it's never him.” HeartI CanSleepBrokenMy HeartPhonesRingsLeapPulseBurgersCan't SleepMy Heart Is BrokenI Can't Sleep Book:All American Girl Source: All American Girl
“Yet here we are, two children and a broken promise later, standing before each other, just the way we stood that day at the alter, with equal parts love and hope. And once again, I close my eyes, ready to take a leap of faith, ready for the long, hard road ahead. I have no idea how it's going to turn out, but then again, I never really did.” WayChildrenLongTwoIdeasHardEyeTurnsReadyBrokenPromiseEqualStandingNo IdeaLeapBroken PromisesLeap Of FaithHope And Love Author:Emily Giffin