Last Child in the Woods Quotes

“Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.”

“Unlike television, nature does not steal time; it amplifies it. Nature offers healing for a child living in a destructive family or neighborhood.”

“Nature inspires creativity in a child by demanding visualization and the full use of the senses.”

“Given a chance, a child will bring the confusion of the world to the woods, wash it in the creek, turn it over to see what lives on the unseen side of that confusion.”

“In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.”

″...nature is reflected in our capacity for wonder. Nasci. To be born.”

“Parents, educators, other adults, institutions- the culture itself- may say one thing to children about nature’s gifts, but so many of our actions and messages- especially the ones we cannot hear ourselves deliver- are different. And children hear very well.”