Nature In Focus

“The frog does not drink up the pond in which it lives.”

—Native American proverb
Water Wasteland
by David Zwick and Marcy Benstock

“The bluebird carries the sky on its back.”

—Henry David Thoreau
(1817–1862)

“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.”

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“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.”

—Martin Buber
(1878-1965)

“The mouse says: I dig a hole without a hoe; the snake says: climb a tree without arms.”

—African proverb

“The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web.”

—Edwin Way Teale
(1899–1980)