Quotes from Rowan Jacobsen

we need to remind ourselves that natural systems are much more finely tuned than we think, and if we like the way they currently work, then we should try very, very hard to not screw with them.

For us, it's all progress from infancy to adulthood—language, walking, winking, sex.

An oyster tastes good because at one spot in the natural world, something went right. A great oyster is an estuary flashing a thumbs-up sign.

More than any other food, oysters taste like the place they come from.