John A. Clark

“It is hypocritical to exhort the Brazilians to conserve their rainforest after we have already destroyed the grassland ecosystem that occupied half the continent when we found it. A large-scale grassland restoration project would give us some moral authority when we seek conservation abroad. I must admit that I also like the idea because it would mean a better home for pronghorn, currently pushed by agriculture into marginal habitats-The high sagebrush deserts of the West. I would love to return the speedsters to their evolutionary home, the Floor of the Sky. Imagine a huge national reserve where anyone could see what caused Lewis and Clark to write with such enthusiasm in their journals-the sea of grass and flowers dotted with massive herds of bison, accompanied by the dainty speedsters and by great herds of elk. Grizzly bears and wolves would patrol the margins of the herds and coyotes would at last be reduced to their proper place. The song of the meadowlarks would pervade the prairie and near water the spring air would ring with the eerie tremolos of snipe.””

“You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain...Andrew Clark: ...and an athlete...Allison Reynolds: ...and a basket case...Claire Standish: ...a princess...John Bender: ...and a criminal...Brian Johnson: Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.””

“And Clark clearly knew and disapproved of El Nido. (A nido could be a nest, a den, a hole, a haunt.)””