I wanted to go to a good college, and my mind was set on Wellesley.

Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades.

There are no other Everglades in the world.

Elizabeth Rothra's excellent biography of Charles Torrey Simpson restates his philosophies about the intrinsic value of natural ecosystems like the Everglades. No one knew better than he the history of the plants and animals of South Florida or conveyed it with more humor and enthusiasm.

There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them.

It is a woman's business to be interested in the environment. It's an extended form of housekeeping.

The Everglades is a test. If we pass it, we may get to keep the planet.