![]() The truth is that we are all potential fossils still carrying within our bodies the crudities of former existences, the marks of a world in which living creatures flow with little more consistency than clouds from age to age." "I would never again excavate a fossil under conditions which led to so vivid an impression that I was already one myself. I found myself essentially highlighting entire pages of text and slamming the book down in awe and whispering a reverent "Holy shit" every thirty seconds.Ĭhoice quotes, even though taken out of context they don't have nearly the same impact: But it's seriously some of the most beautiful and evocative yet seemingly effortless writing I've ever read. ![]() ![]() The prose in the first four chapters of this book is life-changing, which is the last thing I expected to say about a book of nature essays. ![]()
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