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Growing up brought responsibilities, he found. Events did not rhyme quite as he had thought. Nature’s logic was too horrid for him to care for. That mercy towards one set of creatures was cruelty towards another sickened his sense of harmony.
Thomas Hardy1840–1928Jude the Obscure (1895), Part First: At Marygreen, Chapter IIIn context
- Maturity
The quality of life to be enjoyed or the existence to be survived by our children and future generations is in our hands now.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh1921–2021The World Wildlife Fund Congress, London, (1970).
- Children
This is now our planet, run by humankind for humankind. There is little left for the rest of the living world.
David Attenboroughborn 1926David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (Netflix, 2020)
Our imprint is now truly global. Our impact now truly profound. Our blind assault on the planet has finally come to alter the very fundamentals of the living world.
David Attenboroughborn 1926David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (Netflix, 2020)
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
The Bible (King James Version)Proverbs 30:18–19 (KJV)In context
- Love
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 1:4–5 (KJV)In context
- Life & Death
- Time