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61 " He got born in the historical moment of no more free lunch. Friends will probably count more than money, because wanting too much stuff is going to be toxic. "
― Barbara Kingsolver , Unsheltered
62 " I suppose it is in our nature,” she said finally. “When men fear the loss of what they know, they will follow any tyrant who promises to restore the old order.” “If that is our nature, then nature is madness. These are more dangerous times than we ever have known. "
63 " The flatness was stultifying. She wouldn’t say this aloud because in light of other worries it seemed self-indulgent, but Willa missed mountains. Missed them hard, with the psychic equivalent of a toothache. "
64 " A mother’s unfulfilled ambitions lie heaviest on her daughters. "
65 " Thatcher thought Mary was not invisible, but as free as any woman could be. And in the grip of fresh discoveries, always. "
66 " The guys in charge of everything right now are so old. They really are, Mom. Older than you. They figured out the meaning of life in, I guess, the nineteen fifties and sixties. When it looked like there would always be plenty of everything. And they’re applying that to now. It’s just so ridiculous. "
67 " A delicate business, telling the truth. So long as Landis writes a happier falsehood for these men to tell themselves, they can believe in opportunity. They are the nearly rich, "
68 " Scientists are not like other people, sir. We cannot slam our portals. We have to follow evidence where it leads, even if no one likes that place. Even if it suggests that all we have ever believed might be mistaken. "
69 " The girl was compulsively honest. In earlier years, Willa’s every attempt to teach her the artful evasion known as “tact” would get shot down with “Mom, that’s lying!” And Tig remained the child who announced when opening gifts at birthday parties, “Thanks, Grandma, I have one of these already and I don’t really like it. "
70 " There but for the grace of serotonin go the rest of us. "
71 " Except for her weak foundation. The ruin of many a girl, I guess. "
72 " The wounds of this ruptured nation lie open and ugly. "
73 " It is in his absence I prosper. "
74 " I'm out of the habit. I've spent years trying not to want. Just, you know, as an endeavor, like quitting smoking. "
75 " First thing in the morning, last thing at night, whenever a fight with Tig left her in pieces, it had been her mother who put Willa back together. When someone mattered like that, you didn’t lose her at death. You lost her as you kept living. "
76 " that mothers’ and daughters’ hearts can be crushed so repeatedly without learning to defend themselves. "
77 " Was it normal now for parents to operate in the dark? She never knew what was fair to ask. "
78 " You and I are not like other people. We perceive infinite nature as a fascination, not a threat to our sovereignty.... When the nuisance of old mythologies falls away from us, we may see with new eyes. "
79 " Tig would have fit on that plane just fine. Tig, Art, Takis, these anomalous, scrappy survivors, might be the lucky ones. They ate less and took up less space: the humans of the future. "
80 " Sorry to tell you, but that's a very old chestnut. My mother used to say when God slams a door on you, he opens a window.' Tig gave this two seconds of respectful consideration before rejecting it. 'No, that's not the same. I'm saying when God slams a door on you it's probably a shitstorm. You're going to end up in rubble. But it's okay because without all that crap overhead, you're standing in the daylight.''Without a roof over your head, it kind of feels like you might die.''Yeah, but you might not. For sure you won't find your way out of the mess if you keep picking up bricks and stuffing them in your pockets. What you have to do is look for blue sky. "