Henry DeForest

“...we are always slow in admitting great changes of which we do not see the steps.”
― Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species

“In short, twenty centuries of "progress" have brought the average citizen a vote, a national anthem, a Ford, a bank account, and a high opinion of himself, but not the capacity to live in high density without befouling and denuding his environment, nor a conviction that such capacity, rather than such density, is the true test of whether he is civilized.”
― Aldo Leopold, Game Management

“A stocked trout is to a wild trout what sports are to real life. The excitement is real, but you have to squint at it to keep the big picture from ruining it for you.”
― Josh Greenberg, Trout Water, A Year on the Au Sable

“...people largely envied people who lived a simple life, not that they couldn't do so themselves. It is actually easy when people aren't fond of clutter. You strip the life down to the bare boards underneath, the barest elements of shelter and food”
― Jim Harrison, Brown Dog