“We have made such a mess of the world in the rest of our lives that preserving a portion of nature with our deaths seems like small recompense.”— Richard Conniff, nytimes.com
“How can we reverse the negativity that surrounds being receptive — to love, to someone else’s dreams? What are we supposed to do with this space? Stare down into it? Put flowers in it? Shout out to the less receptive among us that there is nothing wrong with saying what one wants, including love? I…”— Hilton Als, amazon.com