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30 Oct, 5 tweets, 1 min read
A toad can die of light! Death is the common right of toads and men. Why swagger then? /1
A parasite of humans that extinguished us altogether, would quickly be laid to rest in human graves. The race between predator and prey remains exquisitely neck and neck. /2
We and our vermin all blossomed together out of the same humid soil...Five million years is a long partnership. /3
I’m no mad exterminator bent on killing devil microbes; I admire them. That is the secret of my success. /4
Barbara Kingsolver. The Poisonwood Bible. (Fiction) /5

Ways of thinking about the same phenomena peace vs war, admiration vs hostility, purpose vs meaninglessness.

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