Derrick Jensen Quotes

Derrick Jensen — American Author born on December 19, 1960,

Derrick Jensen is an American author and radical environmentalist living in Crescent City, California. According to Democracy Now!, Jensen "has been called the poet-philosopher of the ecological movement.".. (wikipedia)

Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical.

People say 'what do you mean' when you talk about 'bringing down civilization.' What I really mean is depriving the rich of the ability to steal from the poor and depriving the powerful of the ability to destroy the planet. That's what I really mean.

The stories we are told shape the way we see the world, which shapes the way we experience the world.

My great-grandmother grew up in a sod house in Nebraska. When she was a tiny girl - in other words, only four human generations ago - there were still enough wild bison on the Plains that she was afraid lightning storms would spook them and they would trample her home.

For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities.

Derrick Jensen Quotes

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