We are a community of broken and divided individuals, struggling to reconnect with our true, wild nature. The quote emphasizes how modern society has fractured our sense of unity and completeness, leaving us only able to appreciate isolated fragments of what once was wild and untamed.
According to Terry Tempest Williams in her book An Unspoken Hunger, this fragmented state reflects our deep disconnection from the natural world and each other. The remnants we cherish symbolize our longing for authenticity and a more primal, unrestrained existence that seems increasingly lost in contemporary life.