"The significance -- and ultimately the quality -- of the work we do is determined by our understanding of the story in which we are taking part...We believe that we are living souls, God's dust and God's breath, acting our parts among other creatures all made of the same dust and breath as ourselves; and if we understand that we are free, within the obvious limits of mortal human life, to do evil or good to ourselves and to the other creatures -- then all our acts have a supreme significance...All of us are makers, within mortal terms and limits, of our lives, of one another's lives, of things we need and use."  --Wendell Berry.