“The vows that woman makes to her fond lover are only fit to be written on air or on the swiftly passing stream.” WrittenAirLoversFitPassingPassingsStreamsVow Author:Catullus
“The sense of ownership is one reason why abuse tends to get worse as relationships get more serious. The more history and commitment that develop in the couple, the more the abuser comes to think of his partner as a prized object. Possessiveness is at the core of the abuser's mindset, the spring from which all the other streams spout; on some level he feels that he owns you and therefore has the right to treat you as he sees fit.” ThinkingFeelsReasonLevelsObjectsSeriousCoupleFitSpringCommitmentTreatsAbuseMindsetPartnersCoreReason WhyStreamsOwnershipAbusersPossessiveness Author:Lundy Bancroft
“I try to do everything from thinking about big issues like how a building fits into the larger stream of architectural history to practical issues such as how it feels to navigate your way through its interior.” ThinkingWayFeelsTryingBigsIssuesBuildingFitPracticalsStreamsInteriorsNavigate Author:Paul Goldberger
“The things that happen are an earthquake, another bomb in Iraq, some big jolt on Wall Street in oil prices, and then you have some new study on drought patterns from climate change. Or another little incremental improvement in photovoltaics. Where do those fit in to the daily stream? They don't.” LittlesBigsHappensStudyStreetsWallFitClimateClimate ChangeIraqPatternsOilImprovementStreamsBombsEarthquakesDroughtOil Price Author:Andrew Revkin
“Set the basketball on the kitchen table. Open a cupboard, get out a bottle of sesame seeds, and place a single seed beside the basketball. If you were to reduce the Earth to the size of a basketball, all the fresh surface water on the planet - all those rivers and lakes and ponds and streams - would fit inside that one tiny sesame seed. Add a second sesame seed; now you have all the usable underground water as well. Is fresh water a scarce resource?” IfsWellsEarthWaterPlanetsFitBasketballResourcesRiversTablesAddSizeSurfaceSeedsTinyStreamsKitchenLakesBottlesScarcePondsCupboardsKitchen TableFresh WaterScarce ResourcesRivers And Lakes Book:The economy of nature: rethinking the connections between ecology and economics Source: The economy of nature: rethinking the connections between ecology and economics