“He realised that in a town a man cannot live as he wishes, but as other people wish.”
John Vaillant“He realised that in a town a man cannot live as he wishes, but as other people wish.”
John Vaillant, The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival“Our listeners asked us:"What is chaos?"We're answering:"We do not comment on economic policy.”
John Vaillant, The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival“And this is precisely where the tension lies: Panthera tigris and Homo sapiens are actually very much alike, and we are drawn to many of the same things, if for slightly different reasons. Both of us demand large territories; both of us have prodigious appetites for meat; both of us require control over our living space and are prepared to defend it, and both of us have an enormous sense of entitlement to the resources around us. If a tiger can poach on another's territory, it probably will, and so, of course, will we. A key difference, however, is that tigers only take what they need.”
John Vaillant, The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival“Successful hunting, it could be said, is an act of terminal empathy: the kill depends on how successfully a hunter inserts himself into the umwelt of his prey--even to the point of disguising himself as that animal and mimicking its behavior.”
John Vaillant, The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival“Fear is not a sin in the taiga, but cowardice is [..].”
John Vaillant, The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival