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“At year’s end, Adam enters the district science fair. ‘Some Observations of Ant Colony Behavior and Intelligence.’ There are better looking efforts ... and ones where the student’s dad has clearly done all the science. But none of the…
“There’s a tearing in the air. Nicholas looks up, where the mountainside begins to liquefy. Last night’s rains have loosened the earth, and, stripped [of trees by clearcutting], the mountain slides down with a roar. Trees taller than…
“The auditorium is dark and lined with redwood … Patricia looks out from the podium on hundreds of experts. … Behind her appears [on the screen] a painting of a naïve wooden ark with a parade of animals winding up into it. ‘When the world…
"You have a right to be present. A right to attend. A right to be astonished. "What we care for, we will grow to resemble. And what we resemble will hold us, when we are us no longer."
"I never knew how strong a drug other people are." "The strongest. Or at least the most widely abused." "How long does it take to . . . detox?" He considers. "Nobody's ever clean."
one of my favorite books ever
Page 84 of the hardback: “...the greatest flaw of the species is its overwhelming tendency to mistake agreement for truth.”
Page 7 of the hardback: “Life is a battle between the Maker and His creation.”