Laura Coleman > Quotes

“When the last tree is cut, when the last animal is hunted, when the last river is polluted, it will be then that man will realise that money cannot be eaten . . .”
― Laura Coleman, The Puma Years

“I loved being inside that cage. It felt like a secret, like hiding in a cupboard when you were a child and tapping the back to see if you could reach Narnia.”
― Laura Coleman, The Puma Years

“When the last tree is cut, when the last animal is hunted, when the last river is polluted, it will be then that man will realise that money cannot be eaten .”
― Laura Coleman, The Puma Years

“I’ve spent my life praying to be thin and now I am, and yet I realise that wasn’t what I was praying for at all. I was just praying to feel comfortable in my own skin.”
― Laura Coleman, The Puma Years

“He can walk away if he wants. He has dignity. This is all any of us can ask for.”
― Laura Coleman, The Puma Years

“She tells me her theory that, for her, rescued animals are like onions. You work so hard to peel off one layer of anxiety, only to expose another, and then another that you had absolutely no idea was hiding underneath.”
― Laura Coleman, The Puma Years

“Florida panther, cougar, mountain lion, catamount, painter, mountain screamer, red tiger, cuguacuarana, ghost cat . . . It is alleged that they have over eighty recorded names, more than any other animal. But for me, in Bolivia, I knew them simply as “puma” (pronounced poo”
― Laura Coleman, The Puma Years

“I wave my arms, whimpering, spinning on the spot. The jungle is everywhere and, as I turn and see a monkey sitting on a signpost, I leap back with a yelp. He’s the size of a small child, hunched, with thick ginger fur.”
― Laura Coleman, The Puma Years

“He has dignity. This is all any of us can ask for.”
― Laura Coleman, The Puma Years

“Environmental justice cannot be separated from social justice. The two are deeply intertwined.”
― Laura Coleman, The Puma Years