The specific danger is us; we are rampant; this earth is our only friend; we are destroying it increment by increment at a horrific rate. We must understand that we can't buy it back.
William KittredgeWriting is a funny business. You sit in your room and listen to voices and write everything down. What kind of a profession is that?
William KittredgeThey knew bullshit, and they knew about the ruling class; dying for a ruling class cause was almost always bullshit.
William KittredgeWe live in stories. What we are is stories. We do things because of what is called character, and our character is formed by the stories we learn to live in.
William KittredgeI want to think I deserve what I get. I don't want to consider how vastly I am overly rewarded. I don't want to consider the injustices around me. I don't want any encounters with the disenfranchised. I want to say it's not my fault. But it is, it's yours and mine, and ours. We'd better figure out ways to spread some equity around if we want to go on living in a society that is at least semi-functional. It's a fundamental responsibility, to ourselves.
William Kittredge