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Rebecca Solnit Quotes

Perhaps it’s that you can’t go back in time, but you can return to the scenes of a love, of a crime, of happiness, and of a fatal decision; the places are what remain, are what you can possess, are what is immortal. They become the tangible landscape of memory, the places that made you, and in some way you too become them. They are what you can possess and in the end what possesses you Picture Quote #1

Solitude in the city is about the lack of other people or rather their distance beyond a door or wall, but in remote places it isn’t an absence but the presence of something else, a kind of humming silence in which solitude seems as natural to your species as to any other, words strange rocks you may or may not turn over Picture Quote #1

For many years, I have been moved by the blue at the far edge of what can be seen, that color of horizons, of remote mountain ranges, of anything far away. The color of that distance is the color of an emotion, the color of solitude and of desire, the color of there seen from here, the color of where you are not. And the color of where you can never go Picture Quote #1

The object we call a book is not the real book, but its seed or potential, like a music score. It exists fully only in the act of being read; and its real home is inside the head of the reader, where the seed germinates and the symphony resounds. A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another Picture Quote #1

The bigness of the world is redemption. Despair compresses you into a small space, and a depression is literally a hollow in the ground. To dig deeper into the self, to go underground, is sometimes necessary, but so is the other route of getting out of yourself, into the larger world, into the openness in which you need not clutch your story and your troubles so tightly to your chest Picture Quote #1

There’s enough food in this world. There’s enough housing in this world. There’s enough shelter in this world. There’s enough clothing in this world. There’s enough teachers, there’s enough universities for everybody’s needs to be met, and the reasons they aren’t is not because of lack of resources. It’s because of distribution, and that’s the politics of hate, which is why this is a movement against that. It’s a politics of love Picture Quote #1

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Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. She struggles with the forces that would tell her story for her, or write her out of the story, the genealogy, the rights of man, the rule of law. The ability to tell your own story, in words or images, is already a victory, already a revolt Picture Quote #1

The subject of walking is, in some sense, about how we invest universal acts with particular meanings. Like eating or breathing, it can be invested with wildly different cultural meanings, from the erotic to the spiritual, from the revolutionary to the artistic Picture Quote #1

Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style Picture Quote #1

Given a choice between their worldview and the facts, it’s always interesting how many people toss the facts Picture Quote #1

Having the right to show up and speak are basic to survival, to dignity, and to liberty Picture Quote #1

We are entering an era of heightened disaster, thanks to climate change. Being prepared for disaster will mean being prepared to sift truth from rumour, and being prepared to adjust our worldview Picture Quote #1

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It’s hardly surprising that the corporate aliens lie when it comes to the relationship between doing something about climate change and the economy Picture Quote #1

People rescue each other. They build shelters and community kitchens and ways to deal with lost children and eventually rebuild one way or another Picture Quote #1

Sometimes it seems that the fate of the world is decided entirely in the ether of electronic communications and corporate backroom deals Picture Quote #1

Violence always seems to me the worst form of tyranny. It deprives people of their rights, including the right to live Picture Quote #1

Women often find great roles in revolution, simply because the rules fall apart and everyone has agency, anyone can act Picture Quote #1

For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It’s this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you’re some place that’s already interesting. You’re not just between places. Things are happening Picture Quote #1

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I’m grateful that, after an early life of being silenced, sometimes violently, I grew up to have a voice, circumstances that will always bind me to the rights of the voiceless Picture Quote #1

Joy doesn’t betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection Picture Quote #1

The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully Picture Quote #1

We know less when we erroneously think we know than when we recognize that we don’t Picture Quote #1

No matter how deeply you come to know a place, you can keep coming back to know it more Picture Quote #1

A place is a story, and stories are geography, and empathy is first of all an act of imagination, a storyteller’s art, and then a way of traveling from here to there Picture Quote #1

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Hope is not like a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky... hope is an ax you break down doors with in an emergency Picture Quote #1

Time itself is our tragedy and most of us are fighting some kind of war against it Picture Quote #1

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Perhaps it’s that you can’t go back in time, but you can return to the scenes of a love, of a crime, of happiness, and of a fatal decision; the places are what remain, are what you can possess, are what is immortal. They become the tangible landscape of memory, the places that made you, and in some way you too become them. They are what you can possess and in the end what possesses you (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Solitude in the city is about the lack of other people or rather their distance beyond a door or wall, but in remote places it isn’t an absence but the presence of something else, a kind of humming silence in which solitude seems as natural to your species as to any other, words strange rocks you may or may not turn over (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) For many years, I have been moved by the blue at the far edge of what can be seen, that color of horizons, of remote mountain ranges, of anything far away. The color of that distance is the color of an emotion, the color of solitude and of desire, the color of there seen from here, the color of where you are not. And the color of where you can never go (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) The object we call a book is not the real book, but its seed or potential, like a music score. It exists fully only in the act of being read; and its real home is inside the head of the reader, where the seed germinates and the symphony resounds. A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) The bigness of the world is redemption. Despair compresses you into a small space, and a depression is literally a hollow in the ground. To dig deeper into the self, to go underground, is sometimes necessary, but so is the other route of getting out of yourself, into the larger world, into the openness in which you need not clutch your story and your troubles so tightly to your chest (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) There’s enough food in this world. There’s enough housing in this world. There’s enough shelter in this world. There’s enough clothing in this world. There’s enough teachers, there’s enough universities for everybody’s needs to be met, and the reasons they aren’t is not because of lack of resources. It’s because of distribution, and that’s the politics of hate, which is why this is a movement against that. It’s a politics of love (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. She struggles with the forces that would tell her story for her, or write her out of the story, the genealogy, the rights of man, the rule of law. The ability to tell your own story, in words or images, is already a victory, already a revolt (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) The subject of walking is, in some sense, about how we invest universal acts with particular meanings. Like eating or breathing, it can be invested with wildly different cultural meanings, from the erotic to the spiritual, from the revolutionary to the artistic (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Given a choice between their worldview and the facts, it’s always interesting how many people toss the facts (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Having the right to show up and speak are basic to survival, to dignity, and to liberty (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) We are entering an era of heightened disaster, thanks to climate change. Being prepared for disaster will mean being prepared to sift truth from rumour, and being prepared to adjust our worldview (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) It’s hardly surprising that the corporate aliens lie when it comes to the relationship between doing something about climate change and the economy (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) People rescue each other. They build shelters and community kitchens and ways to deal with lost children and eventually rebuild one way or another (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Sometimes it seems that the fate of the world is decided entirely in the ether of electronic communications and corporate backroom deals (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Violence always seems to me the worst form of tyranny. It deprives people of their rights, including the right to live (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Women often find great roles in revolution, simply because the rules fall apart and everyone has agency, anyone can act (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It’s this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you’re some place that’s already interesting. You’re not just between places. Things are happening (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) I’m grateful that, after an early life of being silenced, sometimes violently, I grew up to have a voice, circumstances that will always bind me to the rights of the voiceless (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Joy doesn’t betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) We know less when we erroneously think we know than when we recognize that we don’t (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) No matter how deeply you come to know a place, you can keep coming back to know it more (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) A place is a story, and stories are geography, and empathy is first of all an act of imagination, a storyteller’s art, and then a way of traveling from here to there (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Hope is not like a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky... hope is an ax you break down doors with in an emergency (Rebecca Solnit Quotes) Time itself is our tragedy and most of us are fighting some kind of war against it (Rebecca Solnit Quotes)

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