Land and water are not really separate things, but they are separate words, and we perceive through words.

Every time we exterminate a predator, we are in a sense creating a new predator.

Compared to forest or aquatic ecosystems, grassland is unstable. It requires rather precise geological and climatic conditions, and if these conditions are not maintained--if too much rain falls, or too little--it quickly turns into forest or desert, both of which are dominated by woody plants. This instability is reflected in the spectacular but brief careers of various grassland faunas. Humanity, with its dazzling symbioses, preadaptations, and neoteny, is the most spectacular of these--and may well be the briefest.

How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.

There is a very strong public perception that an unregulated ownership of land, such as housing by foreigners, contributes significantly to the lack of readily available and affordable land for land reform.

In a hamlet or in a forest, in the deep water or on the dry land, wherever venerable persons dwell, that place is delightful.