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> [“And nothing . . . disquiets a rationalist more than a forest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pogue-harrison/and-nothing-disquiets-a-rationalist-more-than-a-forest/)

[Robert Pogue Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pogue-harrison/)

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## More by Robert Pogue Harrison

> [“Irony that does not deem itself ironic is the most dangerous irony of all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pogue-harrison/irony-that-does-not-deem-itself-ironic-is-the-most-dangerous-irony-of/)

[Robert Pogue Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pogue-harrison/)

> [“Human beings, in other words, are always already dead. This proleptic knowledge of finitude predetermines their most creative as well as their most destructive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pogue-harrison/human-beings-in-other-words-are-always-already-dead-this-proleptic/)

[Robert Pogue Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pogue-harrison/)

> [“And nothing . . . disquiets a rationalist more than a forest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pogue-harrison/and-nothing-disquiets-a-rationalist-more-than-a-forest/)

[Robert Pogue Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pogue-harrison/)

> [“Soul and habitat--we are finally in a position to know this--are correlates of one another.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pogue-harrison/soul-and-habitat-we-are-finally-in-a-position-to-know-this-are/)

[Robert Pogue Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pogue-harrison/)

> [“If nothing else, a house is a place to keep books in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pogue-harrison/if-nothing-else-a-house-is-a-place-to-keep-books-in/)

[Robert Pogue Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pogue-harrison/)

> [“Walls, no less than writing, define civilization. They are monuments of resistance against time, like writing itself. . .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pogue-harrison/walls-no-less-than-writing-define-civilization-they-are-monuments-of/)

[Robert Pogue Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pogue-harrison/)

> [“The destructive impulse with respect to nature all too often has psychological causes that go beyond the greed for material resource or the need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pogue-harrison/the-destructive-impulse-with-respect-to-nature-all-too-often-has/)

[Robert Pogue Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pogue-harrison/)

> [“Our basic human institutions - religion, matrimony, and burial, also law, language, literature, and whatever else relies on the transmission of legacy - are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pogue-harrison/our-basic-human-institutions-religion-matrimony-and-burial-also-law/)

[Robert Pogue Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pogue-harrison/)

> [“When I’m critical of modern approaches to ecology, I’m really trying to remind my reader of the long relationship that Western civilization has had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pogue-harrison/when-i-m-critical-of-modern-approaches-to-ecology-i-m-really-trying/)

[Robert Pogue Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pogue-harrison/)

> [“Decadence begins with the loss of restraint.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pogue-harrison/decadence-begins-with-the-loss-of-restraint/)

[Robert Pogue Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pogue-harrison/)

> [“Walls protect, divide, distinguish; above all they abstract . The basic activities that sustain life . . . take place beyond walls.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-pogue-harrison/walls-protect-divide-distinguish-above-all-they-abstract-the-basic/)

[Robert Pogue Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-pogue-harrison/)

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