The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades. It is a river of grass.

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

No matter how poor my eyes are I can still talk.

Conservation is now a dead word.

Since 1972, I've been going around making speeches on the Everglades.

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

You have to stand up for some things in this world.