It was a country . . . that he and his people had known how to use and abuse, but not how to preserve.


Wendell Berry

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Agriculture must mediate between nature and the human community, with ties and obligations in both d...
WENDELL BERRY
It is possible, I think, to say that... a Christian agriculture [is] formed upon the understanding t...
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Eating is an agricultural act.
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The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the ni...
WENDELL BERRY
The river and the garden have been the foundations of my economy here. Of the two I have liked the r...
WENDELL BERRY
From the union of power and money,
from the union of power and secrecy,
from the union of ...
WENDELL BERRY
We had entered an era of limitlessness, or the illusion thereof, and this in itself is a sort of won...
WENDELL BERRY
I'm a writer more than I am a talker.
WENDELL BERRY
The paramount doctrine of the economic and technological euphoria of recent decades has been that ev...
WENDELL BERRY
We Americans are not usually thought to be a submissive people, but of course we are. Why else would...
WENDELL BERRY
We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We ...
WENDELL BERRY
The pleasure of eating should be an extensive pleasure, not that of the mere gourmet. People who kno...
WENDELL BERRY
Where is our comfort but in the free, uninvolved, finally mysterious beauty and grace of this world ...
WENDELL BERRY
He was lonely because he could imagine himself as anything but himself and as anywhere but where he ...
WENDELL BERRY
No matter how much one may love the world as a whole, one can live fully in it only by living respon...
WENDELL BERRY
The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys ...
WENDELL BERRY
I took her into bed with me and propped myself up with pillows against the headboard to let her nurs...
WENDELL BERRY
It may be that when we no longer know which way to go that we have come to our real journey. The min...
WENDELL BERRY
Let us have the candor to acknowledge that what we call "the economy" or "the free market" is less a...
WENDELL BERRY
As I age in the world it will rise and spread,
and be for this place horizon
and orison, t...
WENDELL BERRY
The world is so full and abundant it is like a pregnant woman carrying a child in one arm and leadin...
WENDELL BERRY
The growth of the exploiters' revolution on this continent has been accompanied by the growth of the...
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Love the quick profit, the annual raise,
vacation with pay. Want more
of everything ready-...
WENDELL BERRY
Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy.
MARY BERRY
The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even ...
HALLE BERRY
Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.
CHUCK BERRY
When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way y...
HALLE BERRY
I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.
HALLE BERRY
When the darkness comes, keep an eye on the light - whatever that is for you - no matter how far awa...
JAN BERRY
Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, e...
HALLE BERRY
Being biracial is sort of like being in a secret society. Most people I know of that mix have a real...
HALLE BERRY
Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuria...
MARY BERRY
I wasn't the brightest button in the class at school, but I enjoyed cooking and baking. I wasn&#...
MARY BERRY
I usually wear only a bit of pink lippy, but for TV, they add a few extra lashes to brighten my eyes...
MARY BERRY
Dad thought something very fishy was going on when, at 22, I was offered a job for £1,000 a ye...
MARY BERRY
I was always nervous before a television show, and I still am now. But 'The Great British Bake O...
MARY BERRY
If you are buying a larger turkey than usual, make sure it will fit in the oven.
MARY BERRY
I mainly cook British food with a few things I've had on my holidays. I went to the Canary Islan...
MARY BERRY
You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it...
HALLE BERRY
I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's li...
HALLE BERRY
Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the a...
HALLE BERRY
While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as ...
HALLE BERRY
If you're of multiple races, you have a different challenge, a unique challenge of embracing all...
HALLE BERRY
Beauty is not just physical.
HALLE BERRY
I do not love to work out, but if I stick to exercising every day and put the right things in my mou...
HALLE BERRY
If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to m...
HALLE BERRY
My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.
HALLE BERRY
I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just f...
HALLE BERRY
I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.
HALLE BERRY
I won't have a traditional marriage; I don't find the value in that anymore. But I am such a...
HALLE BERRY
I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am....
HALLE BERRY
You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love...
HALLE BERRY
Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a ...
HALLE BERRY
The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you...
HALLE BERRY
In a perfect world, I would be a painter. I love working with my hands. I don't get to do it as ...
HALLE BERRY
I think it's always best to be who you are.
HALLE BERRY
I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a voi...
HALLE BERRY
Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No ...
HALLE BERRY
There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've ha...
HALLE BERRY
Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at ob...
HALLE BERRY