[My] excursions provided a unique opportunity for observing [the gorillas' behavior] in their natural habitat. . . Then, … - Dian Fossey

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Writing a poem. . . is a kind of possible love affair between something like the heart (that courageous but also shy factory of emotion) and the learned skills of the conscious mind.

Dian Fossey

[My] excursions provided a unique opportunity for observing [the gorillas' behavior] in their natural habitat. . . Then, all too soon, the infants were demanded for their trip to the zoo. . . . [H]appily the babies did not know they would never see their mountain home again

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

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I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated.

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The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow.

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I had this great urge. . . I had it the day I was born. Some may call it destiny. My parents and friends called it dismaying.

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I shall never forget my first encounter with gorillas. Sound preceded sight. Odor preceded sound in the form of an overwhelming, musky-barnyard, humanlike scent. The air was suddenly rent by a high-pitched series of screams followed by the rhythmic rondo of sharp pok-pok chestbeats from a great silverbacked male obscured behind what seemed an impenetrable wall of vegetation.

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