Creatures that grow up in the wilderness turn out wild.

“We are not living in a world where all roads are radii of a circle and where all, if followed long enough, will therefore…

— C.S. Lewis

The images we create could turn into wild beasts and tear us to pieces.

— Rumi

I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll…

— Claire Danes

“If you have to ask that question, you wouldn't understand the answer.”

— John McPhee

“There was a wildness inside him; someday he would capture it. Not to be tamed, but to be released. For only by understanding his…

— Daniel J. Rice

“Wilds whisper, yet I long for their roar.”

— Gin Getz

We need wilderness because we are wild animals. Everyone needs a place where he can go to go crazy in peace. For the terror,…

— Edward Abbey

“Every falling leaf reminds me that I too will soon be separated from these trees. Trying to capture freedom is like trying to catch…

— Daniel J. Rice

As one who has often felt this need, and who has found refreshment in wild places, I attest to the recreational value of wilderness.

— George Aiken

The eyes of the future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time. They are…

— Terry Tempest Williams

The whole concept of 'wild' was decidedly European, one not shared by the original inhabitants of this continent. What we called 'wilderness' was to…

— Doug Peacock

“...I found myself questioning many assumptions about 'nature' and 'wilderness' that were common in conservation at the time. Were all introduced species really bad?…

— Emma Marris

Just because we think of wolves (or the wilderness, or another race) as wild and fierce, doesn't mean there isn't another side to them.

— Stef Penney

“In the same way that the picturesque designers were always careful to include some reminder of our mortality in their gardens -- a ruin,…

— Michael Pollan

“In the United States law, federally designated wilderness is famously defined as 'an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled…

— Emma Marris