Fionnáin quoted The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell
The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In …
We have not, historically, been good at identifying what is and is not treasure. But that can change. For what is the goldest gold, the truest treasure? Life. It is every living thing; narwhal, spider, pangolin, swift, faulted and shining human.
— The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell (Page 175)