Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style. Rebecca Solnit daygenerosityhour Change image and share on social
Panic is rare, looting is essentially insignificant, people are not terrified and trampling each other to flee from a disaster scene, but in fact are trying to manage a situation. We may in fact revert to some sort of primordial civility. Rebecca Solnit civilitydisasteressentially share on social
For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It's this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you're some place that's already interesting. You're not just between places. Things are happening. Rebecca Solnit airplanecardead share on social
The oil dinosaurs want to win so badly in my home state because what happens here matters everywhere. The nation often follows where California goes. Rebecca Solnit badlycaliforniadinosaur Change image and share on social
I'm grateful that, after an early life of being silenced, sometimes violently, I grew up to have a voice, circumstances that will always bind me to the rights of the voiceless. Rebecca Solnit bindcircumstanceearly Change image and share on social
It's hardly surprising that the corporate aliens lie when it comes to the relationship between doing something about climate change and the economy. Rebecca Solnit alienchangeclimate Change image and share on social
Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection. Rebecca Solnit actactivismalienate Change image and share on social
It's not that bad things never happen. But there's a pattern in which most people are calm, resourceful, altruistic, and they improvise emergency systems that work really well - whether it's getting the babies out of a collapsed hospital or putting together a community kitchen to feed everybody for the next few months. Rebecca Solnit altruisticbabybad share on social
There are infinite shades of grey. Writing often appears so black and white. Rebecca Solnit appearblackgrey Change image and share on social
To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart. Rebecca Solnit bottomchangededicate Change image and share on social