Five severed fingers do not make a hand. — Daniel Quinn

Of course it’s not enough. But if you begin anywhere else, there’s no hope at all.

If the will is there, the method will be found.

“One thing I know people will say to me is ‘Are you suggesting we go back to being hunter-gatherers?’”

“That of course is an inane idea,” Ishmael said. “The Leaver life-style isn’t about hunting and gathering, it’s about letting the rest of the community live—and agriculturalists can do that as well as hunter-gatherers.”