#nat

We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#nature

For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it. ↗

— Jacques-Yves Cousteau

#ocean #nature

Isn't it sad that you can tell people that the ozone layer is being depleted, the forests are being cut down, the deserts are advancing steadily, that the greenhouse effect will raise the sea level 200 feet, that overpopulation is choking us, that pollution is killing us, that nuclear war may destroy us - and they yawn and settle back for a comfortable nap. But tell them that the Martians are landing, and they scream and run. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#nature

I think it's a shame that something as creative and vital to the nature of the human species as story-telling is largely controlled by the soulless cretins known as publishers. ↗

— Piers Anthony

#storytelling #nature

When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie. ↗

— Criss Jami

#honesty #human-nature #lying #man #penalize

It seemed to Caleb, the nature of human being revolved around one empirical truth: we want what we cannot have. For Eve, it was the fruit of the forbidden tree. For Caleb, it was Livvie. ↗

— C.J. Roberts

#nature

I was aware that we were both silently making those inevitable comparisons, putting our relationship in context. She is more this and less that. He is better or worse in these ways. It is human nature to do this--unless its your first relationship, which might be the very reason that your first relationship feels special and remains forever sacred. But the older you get, the more cynical you become, and the more complicated and convoluted the exercise is. You begin to realize that nothing is perfect, that there are trade-offs and sacrifices. The worst is when someone in your past trumps the person in the present, and you think to yourself: if I'd known this, then maybe I wouldn't have let him go. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#relationships #sacrifice #nature

Participating in Society in not a thing one can do naturally; one has to rehearse for it. ↗

— Michel Faber

#society #nature

Finally, a bit of luck. Rat bastard,” I hissed down at Montmartre. “Mangy dog of a scurvy goat.” “That doesn’t even make sense,” Isabeau murmured. “Feels good though. Try it.” She narrowed her eyes at the top of Montmartre’s perfectly groomed hair. “Balding donkey’s ass. “ “Nice.” “Sniveling flea-bitten rabid monkey droppings.” “Clearly, you’re a natural. ↗

— Alyxandra Harvey

#logan #swearing #nature

The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#writers #writing #nature