Earth Quote by Bess Streeter Aldrich

“Humans, herself included, held no interest for her except as living machines, mind-bogglingly intricate, beautiful systems that somehow housed individuals not quite worthy of…

— Sherry Thomas

“Nothing can dwindle to nothing, as Nature restores one thing from the stuff of another, nor does she allow a birth, without a corresponding…

— Titus Lucretius Carus

“Nature repairs one thing from another and allows nothing to be born without the aid of another's death.”

— Lucretius

“A realization washed over her in that cold, dark space: this was how virtually all living things born on earth have died—with teeth tearing…

— David Wong

“Without death, life would have no boundaries and our days would not be so precious. My mother was a firm believer in the common…

— Bernadette Pajer

“The world is nothing without life, and all that lives takes nourishment.”

— Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

“Life is, in its very essence and character, a terrible mystery—this whole business of living by killing and eating. But it is a childish…

— Joseph Campbell

“Life serves the food, and Death always shows up to the banquet, like an univited guest with nothing in hand to contribute, just to…

— Anthony Liccione

“I started out believing that life was made just so the world would have some way to think about itself, but that it had…

— Toni Morrison

“You couldn’t get worse food, or food more detached from nature, if you tried. If you have an apple, you’re connected to an apple…

— Jo Walton

“A life without living was simply a death without dying.”

— Ais

“If life was worthless, what was death?”

— George R.R. Martin