“International business, once allowed to stalk uncontrolled, killed the local, the small, the quirky.”

“Once desire was turned on, combustion gave it a life of its own. Once it was turned on it became a raging wildfire, uncontrollable and uncontainable, the type of conflagration that had to be allowed to burn itself out.”

“…growing a little tiresome on account of some mysterious internal discomfort that the local practitioner diagnosed as imagination”

“That boy needs a hobby.""Stalking is a hobby.""So is serial killing.”

“Sustainability requires that every community meet the needs of all its members (including plants and animals), present and future, without compromising the needs of other communities meeting the needs of their members, present and future.From The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses are Beating the Global Competition by ”

“Poverty alleviation occurs when the power of Christ's resurrection reconciles our key relationships through the transformation of both individual lives and local, national, and international systems.”