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“When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.”
Dian Fossey

“There was no way that I could explain to dogs, friends, or parents my compelling need to return to Africa to launch a long-term study of the gorillas. Some may call it destiny and others may call it dismaying. I call the sudden turn of events in my life fortuitous.”
Dian Fossey

“The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow”
Dian Fossey

“There 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 Fossey, Gorillas in the Mist
tags: loss, pain

“The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.”
Dian Fossey

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