“So you couldn't protect yourself? The absolute erodes; the boundary, the wall around the self erodes. If I was waiting I had been invaded by time. But do you think you're free? I think I recognize the patterns of my nature. Bud do you think you're free? I had nothing and I was still changed. Like a costume, my numbness was taken away. Then hunger was added.” IfsThinkingStillsSelfWaitingTakenChangedWallProtectAbsolutesHungerPatternsBoundariesCostumesBudNumbnessProtect YourselfErode Author:Louise Glück
“I had nothing and I was still changed. Like a costume, my numbness was taken away. Then hunger was added.” StillsTakenChangedHungerCostumesNumbness Author:Louise Glück
“Man is a great blunderer going about in the woods, and there is no other except the bear makes so much noise. ... The cunningest hunger is hunted in turn, and what he leaves of his kill is meat for some other. That is the economy of nature, but with it all there is not sufficient account taken of the works of man. There is no scavenger that eats tin cans, and no wild thing leaves a like disfigurement on the forest floor.” MenTurnsNatureEconomyTakenEnvironmentBearsAccountsHungerWoodsForestsNoiseMeatSufficientTinHuntedWild ThingsTin CansDisfigurement Book:Essential Mary Austin: A Selection of Mary Austin's Best Writing Source: Essential Mary Austin: A Selection of Mary Austin's Best Writing