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Rebecca Solnit Quotes

More and more I think of privatisation as being not just about the takeover of resources and power by corporate interests, but as the retreat of citizens to private life and private space, screened from solidarity with strangers and increasingly afraid or even unable to imagine acting in public Picture Quote #1

The more we heat up the planet, the more it costs all of us, not just in money, but in colossal famines, displacements, deaths, and species extinctions, as well as in the loss of some of the things that make this planet a blue-green jewel, including its specialized habitats from the melting Arctic to bleaching coral reefs Picture Quote #1

It’s hardly surprising that the corporate aliens lie when it comes to the relationship between doing something about climate change and the economy Picture Quote #1

I’m a big fan of the vigor of civil society, political engagement, and public life in many parts of Latin America Picture Quote #1

I was not going to surrender to the status quo and corporate insistence that ordinary people have no power and influence Picture Quote #1

For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It’s this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you’re some place that’s already interesting. You’re not just between places. Things are happening Picture Quote #1

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We have only the language for fun and miserable, and maybe we need language for deep and shallow, meaningful and meaningless Picture Quote #1

A lot of people think of political activism as some grim duty, and I think we do have an obligation to be citizens - to be informed and engaged Picture Quote #1

To say that everything without exception is going straight to hell is not an alternative vision but only an inversion of the mainstream’s ‘everything’s fine.’ Picture Quote #1

Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the choice to be apolitical is usually just an endorsement of the status quo and the unexamined life Picture Quote #1

Fear of making mistakes can itself become a huge mistake, one that prevents you from living, for life is risky and anything less is already loss Picture Quote #1

Hope is not like a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky.... hope is an ax you break down doors with in an emergency Picture Quote #1

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Men explain things to me, still. And no man has ever apologized for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don’t. Not yet, but according to the actuarial tables, I may have another fortysomething years to live, more or less, so it could happen. Though I’m not holding my breath Picture Quote #1

Time always wins; our victories are only delays; but delays are sweet, and a delay can last a whole lifetime Picture Quote #1

People have always been good at imagining the end of the world, which is much easier to picture than the strange sidelong paths of change in a world without end Picture Quote #1

Space - as landscape, terrain, spectacle, experience - has vanished Picture Quote #1

Every walker is a guard on patrol to protect the ineffable Picture Quote #1

The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany Picture Quote #1

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Roads are a record of those who have gone before Picture Quote #1

A path is a prior interpretation of the best way to traverse a landscape Picture Quote #1

Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible Picture Quote #1

A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another Picture Quote #1

Kindness and gentleness never had a gender, and neither did empathy Picture Quote #1

Never turn down an adventure without a really good reason Picture Quote #1

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To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart Picture Quote #1

There is no one as dangerous as he or she who has nothing to lose Picture Quote #1

Books are solitudes in which we meet Picture Quote #1

Despair is easy, or at least low cost Picture Quote #1

Beauty is often spoken of as though it only stirs lust or admiration, but the most beautiful people are so in a way that makes them look like destiny or fate or meaning, the heroes of a remarkable story Picture Quote #1

Credibility is a basic survival tool Picture Quote #1

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More and more I think of privatisation as being not just about the takeover of resources and power by corporate interests, but as the retreat of citizens to private life and private space, screened from solidarity with strangers and increasingly afraid or even unable to imagine acting in public. (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) The more we heat up the planet, the more it costs all of us, not just in money, but in colossal famines, displacements, deaths, and species extinctions, as well as in the loss of some of the things that make this planet a blue-green jewel, including its specialized habitats from the melting Arctic to bleaching coral reefs. (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) It’s hardly surprising that the corporate aliens lie when it comes to the relationship between doing something about climate change and the economy. (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) I’m a big fan of the vigor of civil society, political engagement, and public life in many parts of Latin America. (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) I was not going to surrender to the status quo and corporate insistence that ordinary people have no power and influence. (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It’s this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you’re some place that’s already interesting. You’re not just between places. Things are happening. (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) We have only the language for fun and miserable, and maybe we need language for deep and shallow, meaningful and meaningless. (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) A lot of people think of political activism as some grim duty, and I think we do have an obligation to be citizens - to be informed and engaged. (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) To say that everything without exception is going straight to hell is not an alternative vision but only an inversion of the mainstream’s ‘everything’s fine.’ (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the choice to be apolitical is usually just an endorsement of the status quo and the unexamined life. (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Fear of making mistakes can itself become a huge mistake, one that prevents you from living, for life is risky and anything less is already loss. (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Hope is not like a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky.... hope is an ax you break down doors with in an emergency. (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Men explain things to me, still. And no man has ever apologized for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don’t. Not yet, but according to the actuarial tables, I may have another fortysomething years to live, more or less, so it could happen. Though I’m not holding my breath. (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Time always wins; our victories are only delays; but delays are sweet, and a delay can last a whole lifetime (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) People have always been good at imagining the end of the world, which is much easier to picture than the strange sidelong paths of change in a world without end (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Space - as landscape, terrain, spectacle, experience - has vanished (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Every walker is a guard on patrol to protect the ineffable (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) The magic of the street is the mingling of the errand and the epiphany (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Roads are a record of those who have gone before (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) A path is a prior interpretation of the best way to traverse a landscape (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Kindness and gentleness never had a gender, and neither did empathy (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Never turn down an adventure without a really good reason (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) There is no one as dangerous as he or she who has nothing to lose (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Books are solitudes in which we meet (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Despair is easy, or at least low cost (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Beauty is often spoken of as though it only stirs lust or admiration, but the most beautiful people are so in a way that makes them look like destiny or fate or meaning, the heroes of a remarkable story (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Credibility is a basic survival tool (Rebecca Solnit Quotes)

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