Gary Paulsen Quote

Part of our problem is that we run around naming things without asking them if they want to be named. Then after we name them, they don't know they're named anyway. A tree doesn't know it's a tree; a fish doesn't know it's a fish; and if the fish did know, it would probably be upset by it. Who wants to be called a fish?

The Island, Chapter 1 (p. 5)

Part of our problem is that we run around naming things without asking them if they want to be named. Then after we name them, they don't know...

Part of our problem is that we run around naming things without asking them if they want to be named. Then after we name them, they don't know...

Part of our problem is that we run around naming things without asking them if they want to be named. Then after we name them, they don't know...

Part of our problem is that we run around naming things without asking them if they want to be named. Then after we name them, they don't know...