life support - quotes and descriptions to inspire creative writing

Here we are in the ER, the doctors have wheeled in a new patient. She is Earth. She has been so very polluted that her prognosis is uncertain. Let us hope that her doctors are qualified in her biology and the biology of her lifeforms. Let us pray they aren't hacks who didn't study her at all.

You can't have Earth "on life support" because she supports all life. You can't burn the ladder you stand on while you burn the tree canopy above and pollute the skies. You can see where it all ends, yes? With you all having no life or support. That is hell, my friends, and I'd rather you all made a heaven instead.