Sarah

“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”
― Aldo Leopold

“The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive.”
― Aldo Leopold

“Out of the clouds I hear a faint bark, as of a faraway dog. It is strange how the world cocks its ear to that sound, wondering. Soon it is louder: the honk of geese, invisible, but coming on.

The flock emerges from the low clouds, a tattered banner of birds, dipping and rising, blown up and blown down, blown together and blown apart, but advancing, the wind wrestling lovingly with each winnowing wing. When the flock is a blur in the far sky I hear the last honk, sounding taps for summer.

It is warm behind the driftwood now, for the wind has gone with the geese. So would I--if I were the wind.”
― Aldo Leopold

“What avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?”
― Aldo Leopold