"It was their individuality combined with the shyness of their behavior that remained the most captivating impression …"

"I have no friends. The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people."

"We stripped him [a poacher] and spread eagled him outside my cabin and lashed the holy blue sweat out of him with net…"

"It is only a matter for the President to give the order—KILL—the prisons are already overcrowded and this is the only…"

"When you realize the value of all life, you learn to dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservat…"

"It’s as if Mother Teresa had just died. But the Mother Teresas of the world don’t get bludgeoned to death in their be…"

"Dian Fossey was to gorillas what Greenpeace is to whales. She was prepared to ignore the niceties of diplomatic appro…"

"She had a perfectly colonial attitude toward the Africans. On Christmas she'd give the most extravagant presents to t…"

"She would torture them [poachers]. She would whip their balls with stinging nettles, spit on them, kick them, put on …"

"I think by the end she was doing more harm than good. Dian went out to the gorillas because she loved them and she lo…"