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Hope is many things, but it throws itself against fact and shatters.

— Pete Dunne The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year (1992)

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Zero impact in a fragile land. The only ethic that should be tolerated in the Arctic.

The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year (1992)

The bird is a mouse. A frustrating, feathered mouse, no more inclined to be seen by mortal eyes than your average leprechaun.

The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year (1992)

Very few works of art, however skillfully crafted, can approach the splendor of a living bird.

The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year (1992)

The one thing you can’t do with binoculars is look back.

The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year (1992)

To a child, there is nothing in the world quite so important as growing up.

The Feather Quest: A North American Birder's Year (1992)

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