Wild Thoughts from Wild Places Quotes

“The swallow that hibernates underwater is a creature called yearning.”
― David Quammen, Wild Thoughts from Wild Places

“What do we measure when we measure time? The gloomy answer from Hawking, one of our most implacably cheerful scientists, is that we measure entropy. We measure changes and those changes are all for the worse. We measure increasing disorder. Life is hard, says science, and constancy is the greatest of miracles.”
― David Quammen, Wild Thoughts from Wild Places

“Humanity badly needs things that are big and fearsome and homicidally wild. Counterintuitive as it may seem, we need to preserve those few remaining beasts, places, and forces of nature capable of murdering us with sublime indifference.”
― David Quammen, Wild Thoughts from Wild Places

“That constitutes a chastening reminder for someone like myself, with a bias in favor of the written page and a sour prejudice against mass-market video: a reminder that, although images can be deceptive, they don't stand convicted alone. Writing is just another form of concoction. Words can lie too. You can trust me on this, probably.”
― David Quammen, Wild Thoughts from Wild Places

“We all make our deals with life. We do it invisibly, sometimes unconsciously, and alone, without benefit of collective bargaining, We come to terms.”
― David Quammen, Wild Thoughts from Wild Places