"A Language Older Than Words" Quotes
"A Language Older Than Words" explores the interconnectedness of personal and environmental trauma through the author's own experiences and reflections.
nonfiction | 418 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others.
Love is about giving, about caring for the other person's welfare.
We are defined by the places in which we allow ourselves to be loved.
The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?
I have yet to meet a person whose favorite food is lettuce, and I have yet to meet a person whose favorite food is not dessert.
We are the only species destroying the earth.
People who are hurting don't need Avoiders, Protectors, or Fixers. What we need are patient, loving witnesses.
It is not your job to be the perfect mirror for someone; it is your job to be a supportive mirror.
A culture that requires harm to be done to the Earth in order to produce food is a culture that is built on war with the natural world.
The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves.
