Ken Breniman > Ken's Quotes

“One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals. When we pool our strength and share the work and responsibility, we can welcome many people, even those in deep distress, and perhaps help them find self-confidence and inner healing.”
― Jean Vanier, Community and Growth

“Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace - not in the infantile American sense of being made happy but in the tough and universal sense of quest and daring and growth.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.
Delicious Ambiguity.”
― Gilda Radner

“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all.”
― Emily Dickinson

“Some might call these people power-hungry baboons, but frankly, that’s an insult to baboons. At least real baboons know how to lead within their own social structures. Their hierarchies—though rigid—serve a function in their troop. Alpha baboons protect their community, share resources (to an extent), and engage in elaborate social grooming that reinforces connection. When an alpha loses their strength or abuses their role, they get overthrown, often dramatically, but fairly. Compare that to human leaders who cling to power at all costs, build systems that ensure their dominance, and leave the weak to suffer.”
― Kwn Breniman

“Subversive acts are a biological rebellion. They interrupt these fear-based responses and activate neuroplasticity—our brain’s ability to rewire itself. Every small act of defiance, joy, and connection strengthens neural pathways for resilience, courage, and critical thinking.”
― Kwn Breniman

“Do we continue down the path of Homo destructus, consuming everything until there’s nothing left? Or do we lean into our capacity for compassion, interdependence, and balance? Do we become Homo cordis? Homo animus? Or something entirely new?”
― Ken Breniman

“Before the world fractured, humanity thought itself invincible. The signs
were always there, buried beneath the noise of progress and power. But
now, as Earth groans under the weight of human folly, three unlikely
leaders must rise—bound by love, driven by hope, and daring enough to
believe in the impossible.
a three body solution begins here.”
― Ken Breniman

“A monk in drag, an extraterrestrial, and a bonobo ape wander into a
bar…
The world desperately wanted something to laugh about. Something to believe in. Someone willing to try something different. The world took a
big risk, and then it fell in love.”
― Ken Breniman, a three body solution: A Daringly Subversive & Juicy Tale of Love, Evolution, & Humanity's Last Hope

“Their journey wasn’t about fixing the broken systems of the world. It was about lighting a fire so warm, so radiant, that people couldn’t help but gather around it.”
― Ken Breniman, a three body solution: A Daringly Subversive & Juicy Tale of Love, Evolution, & Humanity's Last Hope

“This is the story of how love—not just romantic love, but oxytocin-drenched, soul-binding, universe-shifting love—rewrote history.”
― Ken Breniman, a three body solution: A Daringly Subversive & Juicy Tale of Love, Evolution, & Humanity's Last Hope

“And their queerdo tale? It never followed a straight line—just a deliciously messy path from plot twist to plot twist.”
― Ken Breniman, a three body solution: A Daringly Subversive & Juicy Tale of Love, Evolution, & Humanity's Last Hope

“In the middle of this price reduction, they launched a quirky campaign to encourage empathy and kindness. Customers were offered discounts if they could provide evidence of how they had “Yummed someone else’s yum.”
― Ken Breniman, a three body solution: A Daringly Subversive & Juicy Tale of Love, Evolution, & Humanity's Last Hope

“Boys be boys, apes be apes, and yums be yummed. Life’s better when we let people love what they love. And if you can’t handle that, maybe it’s time for some
slip-and-slide therapy.”
― Ken Breniman, a three body solution: A Daringly Subversive & Juicy Tale of Love, Evolution, & Humanity's Last Hope