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There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and irrational as running—and nothing quite so savage, so wild.

Bernd Heinrich

I do not yet want to form a hypothesis to test, because as soon as you make a hypothesis, you become prejudiced. Your mind slides into a groove, and once it is in that groove, has difficulty noticing anything outside of it. During this time, my sense must be sharp; that is the main thing — to be sharp, yet open.

Bernd Heinrich

The very idea of "managing" a forest in the first place is oxymoronic, because a forest is an ecosystem that is by definition self-managing.

Bernd Heinrich

Conditions are seldom ideal, and if one waits long enough for ideal conditions one is just making excuses.

Bernd Heinrich

For those that endure until spring, existence is reduced to its elegant essentials.

Bernd Heinrich

Bernd Heinrich

Bernd Heinrich

Born: April 19, 1940 (age 84)

Bio: Bernd Heinrich, Ph.D, is a professor emeritus in the biology department at the University of Vermont and is the author of a number of books about nature writing, behavior, biology, ecology, and evolution.

Known for:

Why We Run (2002)
Mind of the Raven (1999)
Winter World (2003)
The Snoring Bird (2007)
Summer World: A Season of Bounty (2009)

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