I left, and because it seemed like a good time to start being a little less incredibly trusting, I didn’t turn my back on him till I was outside with… - Daniel Quinn

History—and not just thirty years of history but ten thousand years of history—offers no support whatever for the idea that we can simultaneously increase food production and end population growth. On the contrary, history resoundingly confirms what ecology teaches: If you make more food available, there will be more people to consume it.

The gazelle and the lion are enemies only in the minds of the Takers.

Atterley’s message seemed difficult to summarize and was typically characterized as “mind-boggling” by those who were favorably impressed and as “incomprehensible” by those who weren’t.