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In exploring the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals, I am working toward rediscovering the common ground that once existed when people lived in harmony with animals.

— Gregory Colbert

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The whales do not sing because they have an answer. They sing because they have a song.

Ashes and Snow : A Novel in Letters (2005)

We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force that can diminish intolerance and expand our empathy towards others—both human and animal.

I have invented nothing. I have simply documented a magical alchemy that I want to share.

If you look at Paleolithic cave paintings, you see how people were depicted inside nature, not outside it. It was a kind of dream time. That’s what I’m exploring.

The stars you see at night are the unblinking eyes of sleeping elephants, who sleep with one eye open to best keep watch over us.

Ashes and Snow : A Novel in Letters (2005)

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