Wildlife Quotes

“People thought lights deterred criminals, but unless someone was watching, lights only made it easier to navigate unfamiliar terrain.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Wildlife

“The way they always said eyewitness' accounts should be treated with suspicion, that the brain reconstructed what it couldn't remember - in other words, the brain lied. To itself and others. You couldn't trust a brain any more than you could trust a soul”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Wildlife

“To smell mixed with the strong coffee the faint pleasant scent of cedar from the ceiling’s wooden beams. To be quiet and still and have all thought be channeled into observing the lives of creatures that stirred only after Sam had gone to sleep. It felt, over time, like not just a distraction but being part of something that as yet required nothing from her.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Wildlife