Taylor Zajonc > Quotes

“Where there is life, there is hope . . . as long as man’s heart beats, as long as a man’s flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.”
― Taylor Zajonc, The Maw

“We make our decisions with the same primitive processes as every other upright ape—anger, sexual fixation, self-involvement, no ability to separate fact from opinion or superstition. Our collective decisions will ripple for millennia, and yet our leadership cannot think past the next election cycle, the next fiscal quarter.”
― Taylor Zajonc, The Maw

“Because the eye has seen, thoughts are structured upon images and not upon ideas. —DAVID CONSUEGRA (1939–2004)”
― Taylor Zajonc, The Maw

“Caves are classic convergence zones where cross-species viral jumps occur. Bats and their guano, sheltering mammals, human hunters all passing in and out of a confined, humid, temperature-neutral space. Diseases love to make the first big leap from animal to human in caverns. Did you know the first major Ebola outbreak was ultimately traced back to a single cave in central Africa?”
― Taylor Zajonc, The Maw