Quotes from Francine Patterson

Koko understands that she's special because of all the attention she's had from professors, and caregivers, and the media.

I realized that when she tears a page out of a magazine or a book, it's not trash. It's meaningful. She wants us to see it. Plus, she also uses some cards we gave her with objects printed on them when she has something to say. I remember one Valentine's Day, she had some cards out waiting for me that stated pretty clearly "Where are the goodies?

I would much prefer to have a baby gorilla than a baby human.

Uncontaminated by humans, they are definitely closer to living in the now. Our problem is that we live in the past and we live in the future, but we very rarely dwell in the now. They are so much in harmony with nature, we surely could use them as a model.