“Destroying forest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.”

“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.”

“Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no appeal when she could make a painting that might last forever.”

“Of course, men often 'use their economic superiority to gain sexual advantages,' but women often use their sexual superiority to gain economic advantages. So who is the extortionist?”

“Inevitably they find their way into the forest. It is there that they lose and find themselves. It is there that they gain a sense of what is to be done. The forest is always large, immense, great and mysterious. No one ever gains power over the forest, but the forest posses the power to change lives and alter destinies.”

“If you immediately know the candlelight is fire, then the meal was cooked a long time ago.”