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1 " Does God think that, because it is raining, I am not going to destroy the world? - Lope de Aguirre after going mad in the Amazon "
― David Grann , The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
2 " Elephants, it turns out, are surprisingly stealthy. As the sunlight fades, other species declare their presence. Throngs of zebras and wildebeests thunder by in the distance, trailing dust clouds. Cape buffalo snort and raise their horns and position themselves in front of their young. Giraffes stare over treetops, their huge brown eyes blinking, then lope away in seeming slow motion. But no elephants. "
― Thomas French , Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives
3 " You have to understand – there is a romance to Africa. You can see a sunset and believe you have witnessed the hand of God. You watch the slow lope of a lioness and forget to breathe. You marvel at the tripod of a giraffe bent to water. In Africa, there are iridescent blues on the wings of birds that you do not see anywhere else in nature. In Africa, in the midday heat, you can see blisters in the atmosphere. When you are in Africa, you feel primordial, rocked in the cradle of the world. "
― Jodi Picoult , Leaving Time
