Paradox is life. It's the same thing as balance. You can't have one without the other. There's always that creative third, which is where possibility lies. It's Jeannette Armstrong's En'owkin concept — give me your contraire, and we'll have something to talk about. Tell me what you fear most and then we can talk about what we desire most.

Terry Tempest Williams, Listening to the Land by Derrick Jensen