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To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots.

To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots.

Richard Mabey
Roots, Tree, Way
Richard Mabey (2013). “The Ash and The Beech: The Drama of Woodland Change”, p.6, Random House

Perhaps knowing one place intimately is to have a way of knowing all places.

Richard Mabey
Knowing, Way
"Pastoral suite" by Richard Mabey, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2006.

Their [cats] effortless passing between the wild and domestic worlds suggests the kind of grace we need as a species to move between nature and culture.

Richard Mabey
Moving, Cat, Grace
Richard Mabey (2005). “Nature Cure”, p.226, University of Virginia Press

An organism exists for no other reason than that it is able to... The wonderful, almost transcendent thing about life on earth is that in order to so exist, organisms must relate to each other and to the earth itself.

Richard Mabey
Nature, Order, Earth

Weeds are out most successful cultivated crop.

Richard Mabey
Weed, Nature, Successful

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