Sekar Writes

“We normalize the abnormal, and accept the unacceptable.”
― Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

“We are linked in a co-evolutionary circle. The sweeter the peach, the more frequently we disperse its seeds, nurture its young, and protect them from harm. Food plants and people act as selective forces on each other's evolution—the thriving of one in the best interest of the other. This, to me, sounds a bit like love.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

“Sometimes I wish I could photosynthesize so that just by being, just by shimmering at the meadow's edge or floating lazily on a pond, I could be doing the work of the world while standing silent in the sun.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

“Not all certainty is a trap. The trap is when certainty leads us to dismiss, demonize, and judge others harshly, especially on heated political issues.”
― Ilana Redstone, The Certainty Trap: Why We Need to Question Ourselves More--and How We Can Judge Others Less