Wild Places – Quotes

The reason that I

The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as images Galen

It is important that the remaining scenic areas of the country be at once made into State or National Parks. Fortunately there still are a number of these wild places, but it will require effort to save them. Each Park proposed will have powerful and insidious opposition. The insidious opposition to National Parks will say, … Read more

As humans try to

As humans try to evolve out of greed, let’s put aside some wild places, protected lands, protected farms, things like that, since we may not evolve fast enough to protect nature. Elizabeth Lesser

We cannot go on

We cannot go on fiddling while the earth’s wild places burn. David R. Brower

The wild places are

The wild places are where we began. When they end, so do we. David R. Brower

CBGB was a wild

CBGB was a wild place, … The first time I ever played there was in 1987, I think, with my hardcore band, Scream. And I remember the craziest [thing] about that club was you could be in front of the stage and it could be louder than any show you’ve ever been to in your … Read more

I had diverged, digressed,

I had diverged, digressed, wandered, and become wild. I didn’t embrace the word as my new name because it defined negative aspects of my circumstances or life, but because even in my darkest days—those very days in which I was naming myself—I saw the power of the darkness. Saw that, in fact, I had strayed … Read more

I like living in

I like living in the city where I have all my books and music and can go out to buy that night’s dinner or easily see a band. But I also like the wild places, especially hiking in the desert and the Eastern woodlands. Do I have to choose? Charles de Lint

I was born and

I was born and raised here [in Florida], so I still have tremendous affection for the state – especially the few wild places that haven’t disappeared under concrete. What’s left is still worth fighting for, and that’s why I stay. Carl Hiaasen

It is in the

It is in the wild places, where the edge of the earth meets the corners of the sky, the human spirit is fed. Art Wolfe