When I say the grace of wildness, what I mean is its autonomy, its self-possession, the fact that it has nothing to do with us. The grace is in the separation, the distance, the sense of a self-sustaining way of life.
A reasonable agriculture would do its best to emulate nature. Rather than change the earth to suit a crop... it would diversify its crops to suit the… - Verlyn Klinkenborg
A reasonable agriculture would do its best to emulate nature. Rather than change the earth to suit a crop... it would diversify its crops to suit the…
- Verlyn Klinkenborg
When I say the grace of wildness, what I mean is its autonomy, its self-possession, the fact that it has nothing to do with us. The grace is in the s… - Verlyn Klinkenborg
When I say the grace of wildness, what I mean is its autonomy, its self-possession, the fact that it has nothing to do with us. The grace is in the s…
The Unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of inventio… - Verlyn Klinkenborg
The Unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of inventio…
Other seasons come abruptly but ask so little when they do. Winter is the only one that has to be relearned. - Verlyn Klinkenborg
Other seasons come abruptly but ask so little when they do. Winter is the only one that has to be relearned.
Solve global warming, eliminate the nuclear threat, and we will still have to confront the vastness of our species and the way it diminishes, without… - Verlyn Klinkenborg
Solve global warming, eliminate the nuclear threat, and we will still have to confront the vastness of our species and the way it diminishes, without…
The words are not mere words. They are the breath and mind, perhaps even the soul, of the person who is reading. - Verlyn Klinkenborg
The words are not mere words. They are the breath and mind, perhaps even the soul, of the person who is reading.
I look at the books on my library shelves. They certainly seem dormant. But what if the characters are quietly rearranging themselves? What if Emma W… - Verlyn Klinkenborg
I look at the books on my library shelves. They certainly seem dormant. But what if the characters are quietly rearranging themselves? What if Emma W…
A cliché is dead matter. It causes gangrene in the prose around it, and sooner or later it eats your brain. - Verlyn Klinkenborg
A cliché is dead matter. It causes gangrene in the prose around it, and sooner or later it eats your brain.
Research, in nature’s laboratory, never stops. It explores every possibility. It never lacks funding. It is never demoralized by failed experiments. … - Verlyn Klinkenborg
Research, in nature’s laboratory, never stops. It explores every possibility. It never lacks funding. It is never demoralized by failed experiments. …
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