“Writers who get written about become self-conscious. They develop a regrettable habit of looking at themselves through the eyes of other people. They are no longer alone, they have an investment in critical praise, and they think they must protect it. This leads to a diffusion of effort. The writer watches himself as he works. He grows more subtle and he pays for it by loss of organic dash.” PeopleThinkingWritingSelfEyeGrowsLossEffortPayWatchesWrittenHabitProtectConsciousPraiseInvestmentCriticalSubtleSelf ConsciousThrough The EyesDiffusion Book:Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler Source: Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler
“Nature protects us in our uttermost losses by a density through which conviction is slow to penetrate.” LossProtectConvictionDenialPenetrateDensity Book:Lazarre Source: Lazarre
“We have environmental laws for a reason: to protect endangered biodiversity. And as a country that has one of the highest loss of species anywhere in the world, they're important.” WorldImportantCountryReasonLawLossProtectHighestSpeciesEnvironmentalBiodiversity Author:Richard Di Natale
“We can produce imagery to share the beauty of the oceans and what is there to protect. We can also expose the truths about overharvest, climate change, and habitat loss to give oceans a voice.” GivingVoiceLossShareProduceProtectOceanClimateClimate ChangeImageryHabitat Author:David Doubilet
“The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry - astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect you from loss of pressure in case of emergency.” IfsWayHelpingLossCasesProtectPressureSuitsEmergenciesAstronautEntryProtect YouParachutesSpace ShuttleRe Entry Author:Sally Ride
“But adulthood," continued the barely twentysomething, "doesn't give you power over what matters most. It doesn't protect you from pain, loss, fate. That's part of being human.” GivingHumansMatterPainLossFateProtectAdulthoodWhat MattersBeing HumanProtect You Author:Cynthia Leitich Smith