It's all about a war of social impulses and beliefs that is as powerful in its way as a big hurricane.
Rebecca SolnitThe great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully.
Rebecca SolnitLost really has two disparate meanings. Losing things is about the familiar falling away, getting lost is about the unfamiliar appearing.
Rebecca SolnitYou write your books. You scatter your seeds. Rats might eat them, or they might rot. In California, some seeds lie dormant for decades because they only germinate after fire, and sometimes the burned landscape blooms most lavishly.
Rebecca Solnit