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> [Perhaps knowing one place intimately is to have a way of knowing all places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mabey/perhaps-knowing-one-place-intimately-is-to-have-a-way-of-knowing-all/)

[Richard Mabey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mabey/)

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## More by Richard Mabey

> [An organism exists for no other reason than that it is able to... The wonderful, almost transcendent thing about life on earth is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mabey/an-organism-exists-for-no-other-reason-than-that-it-is-able-to-the/)

[Richard Mabey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mabey/)

> [“In New York, it’s already clear that just a few months of neglect by city maintenance teams would lead to the streets becoming a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mabey/in-new-york-it-s-already-clear-that-just-a-few-months-of-neglect-by/)

[Richard Mabey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mabey/)

> [“Instead, the weeds are being read as a parable, a lesson that a monolithic, oil-based urban culture is unsustainable in the twenty-first century, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mabey/instead-the-weeds-are-being-read-as-a-parable-a-lesson-that-a/)

[Richard Mabey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mabey/)

> [ Their \[cats\] effortless passing between the wild and domestic worlds suggests the kind of grace we need as a species to move between nature… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mabey/their-cats-effortless-passing-between-the-wild-and-domestic-worlds/)

[Richard Mabey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mabey/)

> [“In 1546 a band of weevils were tried for damaging church vineyards in St Julien. Such trials were rife in the sixteenth century, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mabey/in-1546-a-band-of-weevils-were-tried-for-damaging-church-vineyards-in/)

[Richard Mabey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mabey/)

> [“During the Second World War a giant puffball was found under an oak tree in Kent, and was suspected of being a new kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mabey/during-the-second-world-war-a-giant-puffball-was-found-under-an-oak/)

[Richard Mabey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mabey/)

> [Weeds are out most successful cultivated crop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mabey/weeds-are-out-most-successful-cultivated-crop/)

[Richard Mabey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mabey/)

> [Perhaps knowing one place intimately is to have a way of knowing all places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mabey/perhaps-knowing-one-place-intimately-is-to-have-a-way-of-knowing-all/)

[Richard Mabey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mabey/)

> [“Weeds – even many intrusive aliens – give something back. They green over the dereliction we have created. They move in to replace more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mabey/weeds-even-many-intrusive-aliens-give-something-back-they-green-over/)

[Richard Mabey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mabey/)

> [To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mabey/to-be-without-trees-would-in-the-most-literal-way-to-be-without-our/)

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