Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off. - Barbara Kingsolver

A flock is nothing but the put-together of all your past choices.

At some point in my life I'd honestly hoped love would rescue me from the cold, drafty castle I lived in. But at another point, much earlier I think, I'd quietly begun to hope for nothing at all in the way of love, so as not to be disappointed. It works. It gets to be a habit.

I also thank Bill McKibben and his 350.org colleagues for the most important work in the world, and the most unending.