“'ghost gear' - lost & abandoned fishing equipment in seas and oceans, totalling 10% of all plastic waste in the ocean & very harmful to marine life.”— Robert Macfarlane, twitter.com
“'Yggdrasil' - in Norse cosmology, the great ash tree at the cosmos's centre, the branches & roots of which connect different realms & times, allowing passage from underworld to heaven. One of many such 'world-trees' that stand rooted in global cultures.”— Robert Macfarlane, twitter.com
“I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign.”— James K. Polk, en.wikiquote.org