"A patchwork solution of provincial targets is an admission of defeat and a statement that we have failed our children and grandchildren."
"We have to do what we have to do. Miracles happen. The life force of this planet is very strong. Dandelions poke through sidewalks. We don't know enough to give up. We only know enough to know that we have to try to change the course of human events."
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Source: Elizabeth McCracken (2013). “The Giant's House”, p.199, Random House
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