Yellowstone National Park Quotes

“Wilderness is impersonal. It does not care whether you live or die. It does not care how much you love it.”
― Lee Whittlesey

“country without wolves isn't really good country. It's incomplete. It doesn't have its full spirit.”
― Doug Smith

“Molly grabbed a vase off the mantel and flung it at the wall, knocking it into a painting of a mountain scene. The vase shattered and the picture frame swayed back and forth on the wall, taunting her with an image of what life was supposed to be like. . .”
― Susan Rose

“I only know one place in the United States where 'natural' wolf death is the norm: Yellowstone National Park.”
― Emma Marris, Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World

“Before I can ask Nancy where we should go next, she lifts her head and engages me with eyes blue as Rainbow Pool. She pulls off her left shoe and slips off her sock like she did in January over five years ago. Extending her leg beyond the ground-level boardwalk, she ever so lightly touches her big toe to a lonely clump of grass that somehow has managed to survive even though it is completely surrounded by the black sands only a few feet away from the blistering pool. Nancy puts an index finger to her lips cautioning me not to speak.
No worries, my love, I reflect silently.
You made it through, you survived, and you are well.
Together we have made it back home.”
― Timothy R. Pearson