Close to Home Quotes

“Patients with a view of trees recovered more quickly, required fewer painkillers, made fewer calls to the nurse's station, and experienced fewer complications from surgery. [...] the mere presence of typical suburban trees, viewed through glass, was enough to enhance the process of healing.”
― Thor Hanson, Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door

“Too often our observations of birds-- or any other wildlife-- end at the moment of recognition. We look just long enough to see what something is, and then turn away, neglecting to ask the next logical (and arguably more interesting) question: What is it doing? To really understand what is happening in the natural world, we need to pay attention to behavior. [...] Watching closely takes time, a precious commodity that is often hard to spare, particularly for familiar species that our eyes tend to pass over as part of life's backdrop. But the robin and frog incident inspired me to try.”
― Thor Hanson, Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door