"We don't have to go to wild places to find wildlife. A surprisingly wide range of species can be found in our sities and towns, from familiar animals like the raccoon to more exotic ones like the mountain lion."

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Source : Sarah Landry, Roger Tory Peterson (1998). “Peterson First Guide to Urban Wildlife”, p.3, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Roger Tory Peterson

#Nature Quotes #Animal Quotes #Wild Places Quotes

“I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy theory.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Man is a hungry being. But he is hungry for God. Behind all the hunger of our life is God. All desire is finally a desire for Him.”

Source : Alexander Schmemann (1973). “For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy”, p.14, St Vladimir's Seminary Press
“Marina, as of the sea. You stick with Hector Ricardo. I'll take care of you;its in my name”
“It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very efficient, whereas muscle is.”
“I don't want to turn into one of those pathetic creatures who are always homesick, always saying I wish I were still in Beirut. I don't want to become like you, split between here and there. I know I'm not happy here, but why should I be unhappy in two countries?”

Source : Hanan al-Shaykh (2013). “Beirut Blues”, p.366, Anchor
“I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are real life. People get that. I date a lot of musicians and they do the same thing. People that work with me - who I write about too - they get it. It's my creative outlet, my therapy.”
“Social Security makes up a much larger share of total retirement income for unmarried women and minorities than it does for married couples, unmarried men and whites.”
“Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself.”

Source : Djuna Barnes (2014). “Nightwood”, p.96, Faber & Faber

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