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I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#am #any #bound #climbed #day

To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#cherish #earth #foster #hope #legitimate

My rule for the corporate stuff is the same as with my music - I do whatever means I can sleep at night and whatever means I can be dignified. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#dignified #i #i can #i do #means

If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#back #concerns #directly #eat #fairly

Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#decisions #justice #know #longer #memory

Sydney did not believe in life after death, but in her experience, admitting this could lead to long and complicated discussions in which people seemed to think that since she did not believe in God or the afterlife, there was nothing to stop her from becoming an ax murderer. ↗

— Maureen F. McHugh

#atheist #funny #death

Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind. ↗

— Paul Bert

#leave #march #modern #morality #proportion

After a lifetime of losing and gaining weight, I get it. No matter how you slice it, weight loss comes down to the simple formula of calories in, calories out. ↗

— Valerie Bertinelli

#calories #comes #down #formula #gaining

I never, ever, ever had deltoids! Oh my God, when I'm doing exercises and I see them pop out, I'm like, Yes! ↗

— Valerie Bertinelli

#ever #exercises #god #had #i

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#contrary #exact #generally #often #truth