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The loudest sound on earth, she thought, is a man with nothing to do.

The loudest sound on earth, she thought, is a man with nothing to do.

Barbara Kingsolver

Men, Sound, Earth

Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “Prodigal Summer”, p.162, Faber & Faber

There must be limits, somewhere, to the human footprint on this earth. When the whole of the world is reduced to nothing but human product, we will have lost the map that can show us how we got here, and can offer our spirits an answer when we ask why. Surely we are capable of declaring sacred some quarters that we dare not enter or possess.

Barbara Kingsolver

Environmental, Earth, Sacred

Barbara Kingsolver (2011). “Small Wonder”, p.87, Faber & Faber