Jennifer Loeppky

“With his philosophical bent, Dr. Nickerson says everything in life is a choice, sometimes easy, sometimes much more tough. The Jeremy's of the world would never think of taking the easy way. It was not engrained in his DNA - not then, not ever. His resiliency was powerful. His strength unquestionable. His love for wife and daughter as unbendable as a piece of steel. And his passion to return to the outdoors as soon as possible an unwavering motivator. "In this case," says Dr. Nickerson, "nature didn't win.”
― Jeremy Evans, Mauled: Lessons Learned from a Grizzly Bear Attack

“I don't know why I kept going. That's just how I am, I guess. I just don't give up on things that I know I can accomplish with a little extra effort.”
― Jeremy Evans, Mauled: Lessons Learned from a Grizzly Bear Attack

“I was so ashamed to stand out for a lifestyle I did not wish to represent.”
― Hannah Prosser, Beat: My Journey Through Abuse and the Holdeman Mennonites

“But that is the wild. Every creature lives for the moment, and when you have survived deprivation that moment has to be savoured. Birds started to sing, antelope pranced in joyous abandon, cicadas chirruped and by the end of the year the land began to breathe again. Nature has cleansed itself.”
― Lawrence Anthony