The Living Forest Quotes

“The forest is not only something to be understood, it is also something to be felt.”
― Joan Maloof, The Living Forest: A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods

“It’s stunning to realize how little we know.”
― Joan Maloof, The Living Forest: A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods

“Something about moss draws more than just our eyes. It draws our hands, too. We want to touch moss. We want to stroke it. And we’re not disappointed when we do. The moss itself is marvelously soft, but when it has spore capsules our strokes are rewarded with an unusual springing motion. Once is not enough. We must do it again. And by doing so we become the animals who are spreading tiny spores.”
― Joan Maloof, The Living Forest: A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods

“No one has researched the physical and physiological effects of having our world blaze with color for a short time each year, or go all white with snow overnight, but we celebrate these events anyway. And wait for spring to arrive again.”
― Joan Maloof, The Living Forest: A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods

“Although evolution created all forms and processes, not all forms and processes have an evolutionary reason. Some things are just by-products of evolutionary history. We can appreciate their beauty even without knowing the reason for it.”
― Joan Maloof, The Living Forest: A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods

“The cycle continues, but the story ends differently every time.”
― Joan Maloof, The Living Forest: A Visual Journey Into the Heart of the Woods