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> [A beaver does not, as legend would have it, know which direction the tree will fall when he cuts it, but counts on alacrity to make up for lack of engineering expertise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-zwinger/a-beaver-does-not-as-legend-would-have-it-know-which-direction-the/)

[Ann Zwinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-zwinger/)

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## More by Ann Zwinger

> [Flies are the price we pay for summer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-zwinger/flies-are-the-price-we-pay-for-summer/)

[Ann Zwinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-zwinger/)

> [There will always be something new to discover: a minute moss never found before, a rabbit eating birdseed with the bores on a hungry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-zwinger/there-will-always-be-something-new-to-discover-a-minute-moss-never/)

[Ann Zwinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-zwinger/)

> [“This landscape is animate: it moves, transposes, builds, proceeds, shifts, always going on, never coming back, and one can only retain it in vignettes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-zwinger/this-landscape-is-animate-it-moves-transposes-builds-proceeds-shifts/)

[Ann Zwinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-zwinger/)

> [A beaver does not, as legend would have it, know which direction the tree will fall when he cuts it, but counts on alacrity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-zwinger/a-beaver-does-not-as-legend-would-have-it-know-which-direction-the/)

[Ann Zwinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-zwinger/)

> [The life of the wood, meadow, and lake go on without us. Flowers bloom, set seed and die back; squirrels hide nuts in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-zwinger/the-life-of-the-wood-meadow-and-lake-go-on-without-us-flowers-bloom/)

[Ann Zwinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-zwinger/)

> [When there is a river in your growing up, you probably always hear it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-zwinger/when-there-is-a-river-in-your-growing-up-you-probably-always-hear-it/)

[Ann Zwinger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-zwinger/)

> [I have walked this south stream when to believe in spring was an act of faith. It was spitting snow and blowing, and within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-zwinger/i-have-walked-this-south-stream-when-to-believe-in-spring-was-an-act/)

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