Are people more important than the grizzly bear? Only from the point of view of some people.

Why the critics, like a flock of ducks, always move in perfect unison: Their authority with the public depends upon an appearance of unanimous agreement. One dissenting voice would shatter the whole fragile structure.

From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.

I thought of the wilderness we had left behind us, open to sea and sky, joyous in its plenitude and simplicity, perfect yet vulnerable, unaware of what is coming, defended by nothing, guarded by no one.

Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful. (p 41)

The world is older and bigger than we are. This is a hard truth for some folks to swallow.

New Yorkers like to boast that if you can survive in New York, you can survive anywhere. But if you can survive anywhere, why live in New York?