Quotes by Derrick Jensen, A Language Older Than Words

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Like the layers of an onion, under the first lie is another, and under that another, and they all make you cry. — Derrick Jensen, A Language Older Than Words
A friend asked, "If increased awareness means less happiness, why bother?" No answer.Three or four nights later I had a — Derrick Jensen, A Language Older Than Words
A friend asked, "If increased awareness means less happiness, why bother?" No answer. — Derrick Jensen, A Language Older Than Words
I am not a Buddhist. Yet there is a Buddhist story that I hold dear. A monk walks in a forest, and chances upon a tiger. — Derrick Jensen, A Language Older Than Words
I waited for him to come out. He didn't. I considered going in after him, but knew the fact that I had readied myself to — Derrick Jensen, A Language Older Than Words