Dave Eggers: "Oh, to live among..."

"Oh, to live among peacocks. I’d seen them once in person and they defied so many laws of color and gravity that they had to be mad geniuses waiting to take over everything."

–Dave Eggers, You Shall Know Our Velocity

Elisabeth Tova Bailey: "One has to respect..."

"One has to respect the preferences of another creature, no matter its size..."

—Elisabeth Tova Bailey, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

Kobayashi Issa: "Climb Mount Fuji O..."

"Climb Mount Fuji

O snail

but slowly, slowly"

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)

Edward O. Wilson: "The crucial first step..."

"The crucial first step to survival in all organism is habitat selection. If you get to the right place, everything else is likely to be easier."

—Edward O. Wilson, Biophilia, 1984

Vanessa Woods: "Chimpanzees are not evil..."

"Chimpanzees are not evil.  They are capable of kindness, love, and grief.  In fact, they are very similar to us.  Chimpanzee violence occurs in the same context as human violence: over females, enemy males, and territory."

—Vanessa Woods, Bonobo Handshake