The World Without Us
Alan Weisman
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be.”
“Nobility is expensive, nonproductive, and parasitic, siphoning away too much of society’s energy to satisfy its frivolous cravings.”
“All of us humans have myriad other species to thank. Without them, we couldn't exist. It's that simple, and we can't afford to ignore them, anymore than I can afford to neglect my precious wife--nor the sweet mother Earth that births and holds us all. Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be.”
“in the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - our houses.”
“Paranormalists, however, insist that our minds are transmitters that, with special effort, can focus like lasers to communicate across great distances, and even make things happen. That may seem far-fetched, but it's also a definition of prayer.”
“Change is the hallmark of nature. Nothing remains the same.”
“But the Earth holds ghosts, even of entire nations.”
“plastic-wrapped evermore?”
“The Panama Canal,' says Abdiel Perez, 'is like a wound that humans inflicted on the Earth--one that nature is trying to heal.”
“You understand... just what the Taoists mean when they say that soft is stronger than hard.”
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