Wangari Maathai (1940–2011) Kenyan environmental and political activist
Speech at Goldman Awards, San Francisco (24 April 2006)
“Riding somewhere was always a happy thing. First of all: as long as you're moving, you haven't arrived. As long as you haven't arrived, you don't have to work. Riding in truck gives you time to recover. Second: when you ride, you come to some place that couldn't care less about you. you can't be yelled at or beaten by a tree. Under a tree, yes but the tree can't help that.”
— Herta Müller, book The Hunger Angel
Source: The Hunger Angel (2012), p. 50
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