We humans are like squirrels who spend all summer gathering and hoarding nuts and when winter comes can't remember where they are.

Marty Rubin
About This Quote

This quote by Theodore Roethke is essentially stating that human beings are like squirrels in that they spend all of their time gathering things and then when the end of the year comes, they can’t remember what they did all summer. As with squirrels, humans are always gathering something for the future, but when the end of the year comes around, they can’t remember what they gathered.

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