Dian Fossey

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.

It is true that there comes a time when I do literally dream about McDonald's. I dream of supermarkets and drug stores, potato chips and the Sunday morning paper.

The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

I have no neighbours other than animals and Joshua Trees.