Every stage of my life set the scene for the next, and at each point all I had to do was say "yes" and not think too much about the consequences.

Is it not possible that the chimpanzees are responding to some feeling like awe? A feeling generated by the mystery of water; water that seems alive, always rushing past yet never going, always the same yet ever different. Was it perhaps similar feelings of awe that gave rise to the first animistic religions, the worship of the elements and the mysteries of nature over which there was no control? Only when our prehistoric ancestors developed language would it have been possible to discuss such internal feelings and create a shared religion.

If you consciously say 'I won't do it!' to yourself, then you have a good chance that you won't.

When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth.

I urge you to read Eternal Treblinka and think deeply about its important message.

Lasting change is a series of compromises.

One cannot watch chimpanzee infants for long without realizing that they have the same emotional need for affection and reassurance as human children.