Quotes by Dian Fossey

There are times when one cannot accept facts for fear of shattering ones being. As I listened to Ians news, all of Digits life, since my first meeting with him as a playful little ball of black fluff ten years earlier, passed through my mind. From that moment on, I came to live within an insulated part of myself.

The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior.

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.