I have no friends. The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.
Dian FosseyGorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization I'm always appalled by 'me, me, me.'
Dian FosseyThere are times when one cannot accept facts for fear of shattering one's being. As I listened to Ian's news, all of Digit's life, since my first meeting with him as a playful little ball of black fluff ten years earlier, passed through my mind. From that moment on, I came to live within an insulated part of myself.
Dian FosseyI had this great urge... I had it the day I was born. Some may call it destiny. My parents and friends called it dismaying.
Dian FosseyThe extraordinary gentleness of the adult male with his young dispels all the King Kong mythology.
Dian FosseyI shall never forget my first encounter with gorillas. Sound preceded sight. Odor preceded sound in the form of an overwhelming, musky-barnyard, humanlike scent. The air was suddenly rent by a high-pitched series of screams followed by the rhythmic rondo of sharp pok-pok chestbeats from a great silverbacked male obscured behind what seemed an impenetrable wall of vegetation.
Dian Fossey