--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants…" description: "\"Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.\" —..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/paula-gunn-allen-18956_astronomy_snowflakes-leaves-humans-plants-raindrop_1530367.jpg" --- # Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars… ![“Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.” quote by Paula Gunn Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/paula-gunn-allen-18956_astronomy_snowflakes-leaves-humans-plants-raindrop_1530367.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/paula-gunn-allen-18956_astronomy_snowflakes-leaves-humans-plants-raindrop_1530367.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/paula-gunn-allen-18956_astronomy_snowflakes-leaves-humans-plants-raindrop_1530367.jpg) > “Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.” [Paula Gunn Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paula-gunn-allen/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. All entities exist in interconnected communities; isolation is impossible in reality. **In simple terms:** Everything is part of a community. 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